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<b>In this collection, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Holly Black combines her signature wit and lush world-building with stunning full-colour art by Frostbite Studios in six irresistible tales that return readers to the world of the Modern Faerie Tales and Elfhame, including two never-before-seen stories: one revealing the interior life of Madoc while in exile and the other featuring the moment that High King Cardan realises what he most desires.</b><br/><br/><i>A reluctant king is thrown into turmoil when the girl he loves to hate is stolen by the Undersea.</i><br/><br/> <i>An exiled redcap, trapped in the mortal world, must rediscover his inner monster.</i><br/><br/> <i>A mortal girl sacrifices the other half of herself for an unworthy faerie lover. </i><br/><br/> <i>A tiny sprite's determination to prove herself puts the entire High Court in danger.</i>

The Sea Spinner [Bok / Inbunden]

<b>All was quiet in the deep dark wood, until . . .<br/>10th September 2026<br/><br/>The brand new Gruffalo picture book from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler</b><br/><br/>Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years. This fresh and exciting new Gruffalo adventure features the return of much-loved characters and is destined to become a classic.<br/><br/><b>Get your claws on this brand new Gruffalo story first - pre-order now!</b><br/><br/>Julia Donaldson said "I really hope that children - and adults too - will enjoy the new story, as I know what a wonderful experience shared reading can be. I was delighted when Axel came on board, and am even more so now that I've seen the brilliant sketches he's already done for the new book."<br/><br/>Axel Scheffler said ". . . One day out of the blue there came a wonderfully clever and inspired new text by Julia. How does she do this? Could I decline? Of course not! As I have had to draw the odd Gruffalo and his daughter over the last 20 years, I'm not completely out of practice."

The Thorn Queen [Bok / Inbunden]

A book to underline endlessly, to dog-ear, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy. A wonder' Polly Barton<br/><br/>'Dazzling one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away' La Tribune<br/><br/>What happens to a writer's work when it's translated - specifically, what happens if his name is Franz Kafka? After Kafka died young and unknown, a German-speaking Jew in Prague, ten writers rescued him from oblivion. For years, long before he became a much misused adjective, Kafka existed mostly through their wildly different readings of his words.<br/><br/>Many of his first translators would later be counted among the greatest thinkers and writers of the twentieth century - and they all found in Kafka's writing a guiding light through the dark of their own tumultuous lives. Primo Levi translated Kafka into Italian from the German he had learned in Auschwitz; Milena Jesenská lovingly into Czech before she too was deported to the camps; Bruno Schulz into Polish before being shot by an SS officer; and Jorge Luis Borges into Spanish as he slowly went blind. Vladimir Nabokov annotated The Metamorphosis in exile, having undergone his own transformation from native to foreigner, while Kafka's translators back in Russia were condemned to perpetual anonymity by the Soviet censor.<br/><br/>With inventiveness, spirit and wit, Maïa Hruska has written a celebration of the impossible art of translation, and a portrait of the tragic, absurd twentieth century that Kafka so presciently described.

Two tortured souls. One chance at redemption. <br/><br/>When Imogen Demotta - orphan of a high-ranking member of powerful cabal The Brotherhood - is sold at auction to Cain Beresford, she fears she's escaping one prison for a darker dungeon. Twice her age, Cain is an eccentric and reclusive billionaire, rumored to be hideously disfigured, a genius or a monster depending on who you ask. <br/><br/>But when Imogen arrives at his mansion, she discovers a world far more complex than she imagined. Before long, Imogen realizes she and Cain are both haunted by their past, fighting demons that threaten to consume them. <br/><br/>Can passion form in the ashes of their shared torment, or will it burn them both before they have a chance to escape? Perhaps the only way out of the fire is through it, no matter how hot it gets...

The Things We Never Say [Bok / Inbunden]