Winner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel
Shortlisted for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
Shortlisted for the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel
A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted - a enthralling,mythic fantasy by Naomi Novik,author of the Temeraire series.
Agnieszka loves her village,set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged.
The villagers depend on an ageless wizard,the Dragon,to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However,his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for ten years,leaving all they value behind.
Agnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing,for she's everything Agnieszka is not - beautiful,graceful and brave. Yet when the Dragon comes,it's not Kasia he takes.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781447294146Number of pages: 448Weight: 314 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 27 mm
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'Uprooted has everything I love: a great heroine,new takes on old myths and legends,and surprising twists and turns. A delight'- Cassandra Clare
'Enchanting,in every sense of that fine old word. A charming and inviting story that looks unflinchingly at the strangling roots of hurt and revenge'- Robin Hobb
'The magic in Uprooted,with its realistic moral dimension,is so vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells. But the book will do that for you'- Ursula K. Le Guin
'I didn't know how much I wanted to read a book like this until it was already in my hands. Uprooted has everything I love about Novik's writing style,with the added bonus of some old world magic and the flavor of a dark faerie story'- Patrick Rothfuss
Naomi Novik
The author of acclaimed works of science-fiction and fantasy,American author Naomi Novik's writing is influenced by the European fairy tales and epic fantasy she discovered growing up. She began her writing career developing computer games including Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide and penning fan-fiction. Her first novel,His Majesty's Dragon was published in 2006 and began her popular Temeraire series. Her most recent works include the fairy tale-inspired novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver.
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