![]() ![]() Part thriller, part love story, this captivating debut novel will leave readers spellbound. And trapped in the most dangerous game of her life. As the enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is torn between old loyalties and new lies. ![]() Sent undercover as an intern to the Harkness Foundation – enemy headquarters – her family’s survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy, the game would turn deadly. A unique interdisciplinary study, this book examines the British and European tradition of the wren hunt, in which a bird ordinarily revered and protected for most of the year was killed around. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. The boys who haunt her are judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her true identity. Set in present-day Ireland, this YA debut from South African thriller writer Watson (The Cutting Room) tells the tale of two warring clans of druidic. NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS TEEN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 ‘Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy’ MELINDA SALISBURY ‘Watson’s writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE ‘Thrilling and otherworldly’ SUNDAY TIMES Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a warped version of a childhood game. The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson is a magical story about two groups of people, the Augurs and Judges, who battle for power in Ireland. ![]()
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