Song of the Huntress

<p><b>FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>SISTERSONG</i><br><br>'Lucy Holland's lyrical prose and powerful storytelling will lure you in' Jennifer Saint, author of <i>Ariadne</i><br><br>A must-read for fans of <i>Circe, Song of the Huntress</i> recasts the folklore behind the Wild Hunt into a dark, feminist fantasy set amidst the legends and beauty of ancient Britain.</b><br><br><b>*** PRE-ORDER NOW ***</b><br><br><b>Britain, 60 AD.</b> Hoping to save her lover and her land from the Romans, <b>Herla makes a desperate pact with the Otherworld King</b>. She becomes Lord of the Hunt and <b>for centuries she rides</b>, reaping wanderers’ souls. Until the night she meets a woman on a bloody battlefield – <b>a Saxon queen with ice-blue eyes</b>.<br><br><b>Queen Æthelburg of Wessex is a proven fighter,</b> but after a battlefield defeat she finds her husband’s <b>court turning against her.</b> Yet King Ine needs Æthel more than ever: the<b> dead kings of Wessex are waking</b>, and Ine must master his bloodline’s ancient magic <b>if they are to survive</b>.<br><br>When their paths cross, Herla knows it’s no coincidence.<b> Something dark and dangerous</b> is at work in the Wessex court. As she and Æthel grow closer, Herla must find her humanity – and <b>a way to break the curse</b> – before it’s too late.<br><br><br><b>'Striking, bold and beautifully written’ – Angela Slatter, author of <i>The Briar Book of the Dead</i></b></p>