Thornhedge

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella! From New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher,Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-heartedtoad-shaped heroinea gentle knightand a mission gone completely sideways. There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birthshe was stolen from her family by the fairiesbut she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult thoughthe fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simpleright? But nothing with fairies is ever simple. Centuries latera knight approaches a towering wall of brambleswhere the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He’s heard there’s a curse here that needs breakingbut it’s a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold… \