Thornhedge -- T. Kingfisher

<p><b>Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella!</b><br><b><br>From <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author T. Kingfisher, <i>Thornhedge</i> is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.</b> <p/>There's a princess trapped in a tower. This <i>isn't</i> her story. <p/>Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right? <p/>But nothing with fairies is ever simple. <p/>Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's a curse here that needs breaking, but it's a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold... <p/><b>"The way <i>Thornhedge</i> turns all the fairy tales inside out is a sharp-edged delight." </b><br><b>--Katherine Addison, author of <i>The Goblin Emperor</i></b> <p/><b>Also by T. Kingfisher</b><br><i>Nettle & Bone</i><br><i>A Sorceress Comes to Call</i><br><i>What Moves the Dead</i><br><i>What Feasts at Night</i><br><i>A House with Good Bones</i></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> T. Kingfisher<br><b>Publisher:</b> Tor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 12/31/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 144<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781250409195