Elise loves the farm that is her home. There is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda and her days are spent listening to stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl growing up in...
‘Look after your sister, Tinashe.’ When Hazvinei was born, Tinashe knew at once that there was something different about her. Growing up in a rural Rhodesia still haunted by memories of the recent guerilla wars, Tinashe knows he must take extra c...
“They said that magic, real magic, not the shite that the hedge witches peddled with all their little bags of powders and herbs, could only be performed in exchange for a human heart.” Plain, pragmatic, and sharp-tongued, Foss Butcher thinks that...
“There’s no time for all this,” said the cat. He cleared his throat dramatically. “I come from the Lost Land. No, don’t interrupt yet, I’ll explain. It’s a place where everything lost from this world goes. Unicorns, dragons, spare chang...
The blank wall in front of them seemed to dissolve, and a creature Peter had never seen before bounced through. It looked like a large rodent, but with six arms and one long leg shaped like a spring that ended in an enormous foot. ‘A Haha!’ excla...
In the beloved tradition of Howl’s Moving Castle, a whimsical and unforgettable story of fantastic adventure, common sense, and the power of love to overcome the greatest of obstacles . . .Before Foss Butcher was Snagged, she thought no more of the...