The highly anticipated next book in the New York Times bestselling, award-winning Graceling Realm series, which has sold 1.3 million copies!
For the past five years, Bitterblue has reigned as Queen of Monsea, heroically rebuilding her nation after her father's horrific rule. After learning about the land of Torla in the east, she sends envoys to the closest nation there: Winterkeep--a place where telepathic foxes bond with humans, and people fly across the sky in wondrous airships. But the envoys never return, having drowned under suspicious circumstances. Bitterblue sets off for Winterkeep herself, along with her spy Hava and her trusted colleague Giddon. On the way, tragedy strikes again--a tragedy with devastating political and personal ramifications.
Meanwhile, in Winterkeep, Lovisa Cavenda waits and watches, with a fire inside her that is always hungry. The teenage daughter of two powerful politicians, she is the key to unlocking everything--but only if she's willing to transcend the person she's been all her life.
Kristin Cashore grew up in northeast Pennsylvania and earned her master's degree from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. She lives in the Boston area. Her epic fantasy novels set in the Graceling Realm—Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue—are all New York Times bestsellers and have won many awards.
Sarah Enni is an author, podcaster, and journalist who lives in Los Angeles. Her debut young adult novel, Tell Me Everything, was released by Scholastic in 2019. Her short story “The Blessing of Little Wants” was featured in the New York Times best-selling villain anthology Because You Love to Hate Me. She created and hosts the First Draft podcast, as well as the Track Changes podcast miniseries. In her non-laptop life she likes enchiladas, flea market shopping, making playlists, and her cat, Hammer.