THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NYT BESTSELLING NOVEL, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN A love letter to stories - and to everyone silenced or forgotten in their retelling. Allison Saft, author of A Far Wilder Magic Effy has always believed in fairy tales. She s had no choice. Since childhood, she s been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She s found solace only in the pages of Angharad - a beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him. Effy s tattered copy is all that s keeping her afloat through her stifling first term her prestigious architecture college. So when the late author s family announces a contest to design his house, Effy fells certain this is her destiny. But Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task: a musty, decrepit estate on the brink of crumbling into a hungry sea. And when Effy arrives, she finds she isn t the only one who s made a temporary home there. Preston Heloury, a stodgy young literature scholar, is studying Myrddin s papers and is determined to prove her favourite author is a fraud. As the two rival students investigate the reclusive author s legacy, piecing together clues through his letters, books, and diaries, they discover that the house s foundation isn t the only thing that can t be trusted. There are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them - and the truth may bring them both to ruin. Sunday Times bestseller, September 2023 New York Times bestseller, November 2023
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