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Book 1 of The Stolen Heir.

A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both.

Eight years after the Battle of the Serpent, a new threat is rising in the icy north. Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel, where she wields an ancient relic to create monstrous creatures of stick and snow.

Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, has fled to the human world. When the storm hag Bogdana hunts her through the night streets, she is rescued by Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame – the boy to whom she was once promised in marriage and whom she has resented for years. Oak is charming, beautiful and in need of Suren’s help. But to go with the prince will mean confronting the past she longs to escape, facing dark magic and risking her heart to someone she cannot trust.

A spellbinding fantasy from Holly Black, bestselling author of the Folk of the Air series.