A Snake Among Swans

De: Hannah Kaner

‘One of my favourite epics of all time’ – SAMANTHA SHANNON

‘Breathtaking' – SAARA EL-ARIFI

‘A riveting and nuanced tale' – SUNYI DEAN

'Vicious, brutal, intricate' – TASHA SURI

“Death is come to take you home, death of blood and thorn and bone…”

Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest of her homeland.

But now both the kithwood and her kingdom are in danger.

For Tilde is the only surviving heir of a conquered land. To unite the people and finally stop the bloodshed, she marries the aging warlord, King Liran. Her duty is to bind their nations and bear him a son.

But the swan king’s court is dangerous. Tilde is a threat to the claim of Liran’s older sons, who will do whatever it takes to remove her, to the princess Elise who has only ever known loyalty to her family, and to the priests who own them all.

Yet none of them know that Tilde is a snake in their midst, with allies on her side and dark, forbidden power of her own. She wants her kingdom back, and she will sacrifice everything to claim it.

For the queen to rise, the swans must fall.

A dark and propulsive tale of warring kingdoms, female rage and a wild magic that refuses to be tamed, by the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Fallen Gods trilogy.

Reseñas de la Crítica

PRAISE FOR A SNAKE AMONG SWANS

‘In this masterful feminist reworking of Hans Christian Andersen, Hannah Kaner has woven one of my favourite epics of all time: dark and lyrical, thick with intrigue, told by women who rattle and rage against the cage of patriarchy. A Snake Among Swans is a hymn to female endurance, a battle cry for the oppressed, and a scream of defiance in the face of tyranny’ – Samantha Shannon, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

'Had me absolutely glued to the pages from the very start. Complicated political machinations, twists that made me audibly gasp, and forbidden sapphic longing came together for a story that has me chomping at the bit for the next installment' – Hannah Whitten, Sunday Times bestselling author of For The Wolf

'The book reads like poetry but retains a pace that took my breath away… Every word has been written with intention, every character carved with deft skill. To put it frankly, I wish I had written this book' – Saara El-Arifi, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Faebound trilogy

‘Kaner crafts an astonishing portrait of a fierce young queen, whose quest to save the remnants of her people—no matter the cost to herself or those she dares to love—will threaten her own humanity. It is a riveting and nuanced tale about the ways in which the power we seek and the survival we need can also be our undoing' – Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters

‘Vicious, brutal, intricate and utterly incredible. Hannah Kaner is a queen of epic fantasy’ – Tasha Suri, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Isle in the Silver Sea'

'Beautifully written with a simmering thread of violence, A Snake Among Swans is a fairytale reimagining with teeth. Filled with the perfect mix of courtly politics, sapphic yearning, and feminine rage, this book is a triumphant start to Kaner’s sophomore trilogy' – Kate Dylan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Until We Shatter