The Bride of Blackroot
In the village of Briar Glen, people leave offerings at the edge of the Blackroot Forest so the woods will spare them. They tell stories about the Hollow King, a....
In the village of Briar Glen, people leave offerings at the edge of the Blackroot Forest so the woods will spare them. They tell stories about the Hollow King, a dead ruler beneath the mountain who steals girls with silver in their eyes and makes them his queens. Eira has silver-flecked eyes. On the night of the Blood Moon festival, the forest answers her by name. She is taken beyond the trees and into a buried kingdom of sleeping halls, black rivers, and golden bones. There she learns the king is not simply a monster. He is a prison. And unless she breaks the ancient bond before the moon wanes, she will either become his queen… or the next lock on his tomb.