AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind. ''A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic, and a fantastic cat!'' - Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop Healer Anja regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save - seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja''s unorthodox methods can save her. Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow - but nothing seems to work. Nothing, that is, until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick. Or it might be the thing that kills them all . . . ''A wonderfully offbeat fantasy . . . as delightful as it is impressive'' - Heather Fawcett, author of Emily Wilde''s Encyclopaedia of Faeries Hemlock & Silver was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller the w/e 23rd August.

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T. Kingfisher (she/her) writes fantasy, horror and occasional oddities, including Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, Thornhedge, A House with Good Bones, A Sorceress Comes to Call and Hemlock & Silver. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, dogs, and some chickens who may or may not be possessed.

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**AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

From bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.**

First paperback print run to include red sprayed edges!

**'A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic and a fantastic cat!'

• Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop**

Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.

Not to die, but to save - seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.

But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja's unorthodox methods can save her.

Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow - but nothing seems to work. Nothing, that is, until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.

Or it might be the thing that kills them all . . .

'Utterly spellbinding' - Holly Black, author of Book of Night

**'A wonderfully offbeat fantasy . . . as delightful as it is impressive' - Heather Fawcett, author of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Over 11,000 Five-Star Reader Reviews!**

*'Eerie and tragic in the best possible way'

'I LOVE FAIRYTALE RETELLINGS!!! AND THIS IS WHY!!!'

'Couldn't put it down!'

'I think I have to officially call T. Kingfisher my favourite author'*

**Hemlock & Silver was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller the w/e 23rd August.