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For fans of Naomi Novik comes a delightful historical fantasy retelling of the Pied Piper of Hameln, from the perspective of the town's teens.
About the Author
Knight, Nj: - N.J. Knight grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where her family has owned a haunted wood for more than 300 years. She earned degrees in journalism and anthropology from the University of Maryland, College Park, before working as a journalist for more than a decade. Knight has been published in The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Times, among others. She currently lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, son, two dogs and many, many books. Knight's short story, "The Rules of Sabertooth Sanctuary," was published in the Mixed Bag of Tricks anthology in 2023. This is her first novel. She's currently writing the sequel to Hameln, as well as a new cozy fantasy novel. Keep up with the latest news and join her newsletter at njknight.com.
There is no room for Clare the Adventurer in Hameln, a German town with hundreds of years of history, much of which has been kept secret from her. When a shocking murder leads to a plague of rats ruining her hometown's once-a-decade Obolen festival, Clare realizes there's more at stake than just losing her younger brother, the last in her family, to a distant apprenticeship.
Thirteen-year-old Sophie is nobility, but that doesn't mean she has to stay on the sidelines waiting for everyone else to clean up the mess of rats running amok in Hameln. She's jumping in, uncovering potential suspects, and getting in Clare's way during every step of an investigation leading her deeper into her family's darkest secrets.
Lukas, a wandering minstrel with a magic flute, might be the answer to all of their problems-if he didn't annoy Clare so much. He can't understand why she won't tell him what's really in her heart and she doesn't know why he's truly in Hameln. Every day, the increasing swarm of rats prevents Lukas from wooing Clare. When he rids Hameln of its rats, a whole host of deadly truths emerge, putting him and his fellow teens in grave danger.
Can this motley crew unravel hundreds of years of magical pacts to save themselves from the curse that lies at the heart of everything amiss in Hameln?About the Author
Knight, Nj: - N.J. Knight grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where her family has owned a haunted wood for more than 300 years. She earned degrees in journalism and anthropology from the University of Maryland, College Park, before working as a journalist for more than a decade. Knight has been published in The Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, and L.A. Times, among others. She currently lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, son, two dogs and many, many books. Knight's short story, "The Rules of Sabertooth Sanctuary," was published in the Mixed Bag of Tricks anthology in 2023. This is her first novel. She's currently writing the sequel to Hameln, as well as a new cozy fantasy novel. Keep up with the latest news and join her newsletter at njknight.com.
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