But after seeing the state of her sister and seeing that no one is willing to help her, she’s taken it upon herself to try and save her from a cruel husband and a life of pain.Īs Marra completes the impossible tasks for the gravewitch, they head off with a demon-possessed chicken and come across a disgraced knight who can’t go home, and a fairy godmother who’s only good at casting curses on children.
While Marra is a princess, she’s been spending the last half of her life in a convent in the Southern Kingdom waiting out her fate. Her older sister is married to the prince of the Northern Kingdom and deeply abused by him. Marra is the third princess from a super small country. The beginning jumps between what Marra accomplishes for the witch and what’s already happened. If she’s able to get the help of the witch, then she can begin her journey to saving her sister. It’s the first task of three that she’s willing to do in order to garner the help of a gravewitch. What does she needs the bones for? Well, she needs them to resurrect a dog. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last.The story sets off running as we follow Marra, our heroine, around the banished lands in search of bones. On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning.
Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince if she can complete three impossible tasks. KingfisherAfter years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue.
Harrow will love this dark and compelling fantasy about sisterhood, impossible tasks and the price of power, from award-winning author T. Instant USA Today & Indie bestsellerFans of Madeline Miller, Leigh Bardugo and Alix E.
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