Travel Light

<p><b>A REDISCOVERED FANTASY CLASSIC - INTRODUCED BY SAMANTHA SHANNON</b><br><br><b>''No one knows better how to spin a fairy tale than Naomi Mitchison'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><b><br><i>''</i>I felt, very powerfully, that I had been waiting for <i>Travel Light</i>'' </b>AMAL EL-MOHTAR, author of <i>THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR</i><br><br><b>''Disarmingly familiar, like a memory only half-recalled. You will love this book''</b> HOLLY BLACK, author of <i>BOOK OF NIGHT</i><br><br><i>''Perhaps her nurse turned into a bear and carried her away into the forest. Perhaps she was brought up by bears and dragons. Perhaps it was better for her in the end than being a king''s child.''</i><br><i>''That was never the story,'' said Modolf. </i><br><i>''Forget the story,'' said Halla. <br><br></i>Halla is the daughter of a king, cast out as a baby into a world of danger and enchantment. She is raised by bears, lives as a dragon, converses with Valkyries and avoids troublesome heroes. But the time of myth is passing, and Odin All-Father offers Halla a choice: will she stay dragonish and hoard wealth and possessions, or will she travel light?<br><br>Weaving folklore, fairy tale and Norse myth into a shimmering, witty and slyly subversive tapestry, <i>Travel Light</i> is a rediscovered gem of classic fantasy writing - perfect for fans of Tolkien, Philip Pullman and Ursula K. Le Guin.</p>