{"product_id":"9781529090642","title":"Traitors' Nest - SIGNED INDIE BOOKSHOP EDITION","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSIGNED INDIE BOOKSHOP EDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Frances Hardinge\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; magical realism (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e August 2026 by Pan Macmillan (First Ink) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 448 pages \u003cbr\u003e234mm x 153mm | 500g\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the brand new spellbinding fantasy from award-winning Frances Hardinge, perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Laini Taylor, Ava Reid and Erin Morgenstern. \"Wildly inventive worldbuilding, gentle humor, and indomitable, kindhearted characters . . . a joy from start to finish.\" - Publishers Weekly \"Layered and lush; an expertly woven tapestry.\" - KirkusCastles traded places sometimes. Everyone knew that. It was always something that might happen, except that it never had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil all of a sudden it did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar above the valleys and villages of the Kingdom of Thaletal, a Great Game is played. Players move castles around the realm like chess pieces - and the ordinary villagers are mere pawns at the whim of their tactics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 15-year-old Burr's peaceful village is disrupted by the arrival of an ominous new castle, he decides he's had enough. But what starts as a plucky coup soon escalates - and soon the castle is wrenched away to a far-flung corner of the kingdom, where whispers mount of a mysterious ancient maiden whose magpies collect her debts at dangerous prices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, the stakes are higher than the tallest turrets, and every move counts. Burr must work with his sisters and friends - and rely on the unexpected help of a strange and intriguing heiress - to unravel the secrets of the Magpie Maiden and the origins of the Great Game before he becomes just another casualty of the Players' deadly contest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257326674295,"sku":"9781529090642","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/TN_Indies_Feed_pre_order.png?v=1784212112","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781529090642","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}