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Uprooted
The 10th Anniversary Edition of this spellbinding fantasy inspired by Slavic folklore
By Naomi Novik
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A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted – a enthralling fantasy inspired by fairy tales, by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series. *Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel* *Winner of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel* *Winner of the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel* *Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel* *Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel* Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged. The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However, his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for ten years, leaving all they value behind. Agnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing, for she's everything Agnieszka is not – beautiful, graceful and brave. Yet when the Dragon comes, it's not Kasia he takes. * * * Praise for Uprooted: ‘So vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells’ — Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of A Wizard of Earthsea ‘Uprooted has everything I love about Novik's writing’ — Patrick Rothfuss, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle series 'Uprooted by Naomi Novik is enchanting, in every sense’ — Robin Hobb, bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice
A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted – a enthralling fantasy inspired by fairy tales, by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series.
*Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel*
*Winner of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel*
*Winner of the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel*
*Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel*
*Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel*
Agnieszka loves her village, set deep in a peaceful valley. But the nearby enchanted forest casts a shadow over her home. Many have been lost to the Wood and none return unchanged. The villagers depend on an ageless wizard, the Dragon, to protect them from the forest's dark magic. However, his help comes at a terrible price. One young village woman must serve him for ten years, leaving all they value behind.
Agnieszka fears her dearest friend Kasia will be picked at the next choosing, for she's everything Agnieszka is not – beautiful, graceful and brave. Yet when the Dragon comes, it's not Kasia he takes.
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Praise for Uprooted:
‘So vividly believable that it almost seems you could work the spells’
— Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of A Wizard of Earthsea
‘Uprooted has everything I love about Novik's writing’
— Patrick Rothfuss, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle series
'Uprooted by Naomi Novik is enchanting, in every sense’
— Robin Hobb, bestselling author of Assassin’s Apprentice