Book description
'Electrifying . . . breathtaking.' The Times
'Truly stunning and original.' Kirkus
'Highly original, multidimensional tale.' Booklist
'Richly emotional and lavishly written.' TLS
This stunning Carnegie-winning tale takes us to a world of darkness and ice, where a shaman and a prince fight for their freedom.
In the darkest hour…
Why read it?
1 author picked Ghost Drum as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The first in a trilogy from vastly underrated author Susan Price. This is on the surface a charming kids’ book, but moved me more and has haunted me for longer than most 'adult' novels (and is also remarkably dark.) Set in a fairy-tale some-when, somewhere in a blizzard-scoured kingdom, the young witch Chingis seeks to rescue a czarevitch from the tower in which he's imprisoned.
When I first read this book, I cried publicly on a train, it got to me so much. I'm envious of Price's skill at using simple language so exquisitely to conjure vivid, jewel-toned worlds…
From Die's list on to warm your heart and freeze your soul.
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