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In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut—inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant. In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline—her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king’s blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered.But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’s the

In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut— inspired by Hungarian history a

From highly acclaimed bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente.A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites. Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, part

'A powerful and haunting tale of a young woman's will to live, of love flowering in defiance of tyranny. It will twine like a dark forest around your heart.' Samantha Shannon on The Wolf and the WoodsmanFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman comes a gothic retelling of The Juniper Tree, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father. Perfect for fans of Angela Carter, Catherynne M. Valente and Shirley Jackson_________________________________A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites.As the last true witches living in a city shifting from magic to industry, Marlinchen and her two sisters are little more than tourist traps as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm.Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate their tyrannical, xenophobic wizard father, who keeps his daughters seq

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A decadently dark gothic fantasy for readers who love “haunting atmospheres, morally tangled characters, and stories where love becomes doom” (Booklist, starred review), the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady MacbethThis first edition hardcover features designed sprayed edges and full-color illustrated endpapers—while supplies last!“Gorgeously gruesome . . . reads like the gory bones of a forgotten folktale.”—Jacqueline Carey, New York Times bestselling author of the Kushiel’s Legacy seriesOnce there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Ag

Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and final book in the duology.All stories come to an end.Effy learned that when she defeated the Fairy King. Even though she may never know exactly what happened at Hiraeth, she is free of her nightmares and is able to pen a thesis with Preston on the beloved national fairy tale Angharad. She has finally earned a spot at the literature college, making her the first woman in history to enroll.But some dreams are dangerous, especially when they come true. The entire university—and soon the entire nation—is waiting for her to fail. With the Fairy King defeated and Myrddin’s legacy exposed, Effy can no longer escape into fantasy. Who is she without her stories?With Effy under threat, Preston is surprised to discove

The Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this stand-alone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt—enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lamb’s Gauntlet.Melinoë is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairs—the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But sh

★《紐約時報》榜首作者 Ava Reid 震撼力作 ★★《最後生還者》的末世感 ×《飢餓遊戲》的殘酷競技 ★★ 全美各大書評媒體「星級推薦」，必讀反烏托邦神作 ★在這個被企業「Caerus」統治的未來，貧窮不僅是罪，更是致命的債務。為了償還巨額欠款，貧民的孩子被推入名為「羔羊競技場（The Lamb's Gauntlet）」的直播獵殺秀，而這也是權貴們最愛的血腥娛樂...故事中的兩個女孩，一場命定的追殺：伊內莎（Inesa）： 被親生母親背叛、送上祭壇的「羔羊」。她在廢墟中學會生存，卻沒想到自己正被最強大的武器盯上。梅莉諾（Melinoë）： 凱路斯的王牌「天使」暗殺者。她是被改造過的活武器，美麗、冰冷、從未失手，卻在這次任務中，聽見了內心崩裂的聲音。當獵人與獵物在輻射塵飛揚的荒原相遇，當直播螢幕前的萬千觀眾正屏息等待血光，她們卻在彼此眼中看見了這個腐敗世界不允許存在的東西－勇氣與愛。這不只是一部生存冒險，更是一場關於人性、性別與階級的史詩預言。2025 SLJ Best Young Adult BooksIndie Next PickCBC Hot off the Press PickCCBC Choices 2026NAIBA Book of the Year FinalistThe epic standalone dystopian romance from the Sunday Time bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Last of Us‘Stunning . . . Among the dystopian greats.’ Chloe Gong‘Brilliant and devastating, Fable for the End of the World will arm you with the strongest tools we have: both anger and hope.’ Allison Saft‘Knife-edged and tender-hearted, I will be thinking of the final line for years to

在 Caerus 掌控的社會裡，債務不只是還不完的數字，更可能成為一張死亡通知。Inesa 與哥哥住在半沉沒的小鎮，靠經營動物標本店勉強生活，直到她發現母親欠下鉅額債務，甚至將她送進 Caerus 全程直播的獵殺節目 Lamb's Gauntlet。負責追殺她的是 Melinoë——經過神經重塑與身體改造、從未失手的 Caerus 刺客。Inesa 熟悉末日荒野的生存法則，而 Melinoë 也背負著上一次任務留下的創傷。當一場原本只有獵人與獵物的追逐橫越荒原，兩人開始重新看待自己一直相信的世界。本書融合反烏托邦、生存競賽與愛情，入選 2025 School Library Journal Best Young Adult Books、Indie Next Pick，並為 NAIBA Book of the Year Finalist。2025 School Library Journal Best Young Adult Books。 Indie Next Pick、CBC Hot off the Press Pick、CCBC Choices 2026。 NAIBA Book of the Year Finalist。 結合末日荒野、直播獵殺、企業統治與反烏托邦愛情。 獨立完結故事，適合喜歡 The Last of Us、The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 的讀者。2025 SLJ Best Young Adult BooksIndie Next PickCBC Hot off the Press PickCCBC Choices 2026NAIBA Book of the Year FinalistThe Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this stand-alone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects