The Wood at MidwinterFrom the internationally bestselling and prize winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting Christmas short story **Named a book to look out for in 2024 by the Sunday Times, Guardian and BBC** **A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author** 'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.' Nineteen year old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can

Which is why

She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth

She believes that the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth

IT IS A SECRET SOME WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO KEEP HIDDEN

'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world' - EVENING STANDARD

is plunged into a battle for the throne of a ruined kingdom

rumours that the Shah's army is moving from village to village

October 1678

When Hisako's ship is captured

There they encounter the impossible: the fae court

Michael Ridpath

Juno and Sword