Sauron has returned. . . watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video. A special collectible hardcover edition of the best-selling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design, foil stamping, stained edges, and ribbon bookmark. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But this unlikely hero’s contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an epic quest “there and back again.” They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. . . The essential prelude to The Lord of the Rings, this classic fantasy adventure has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century. This elegant hardcover – now available for the first time in the United States – is one of five Collector’s Editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most beloved works, and an essential piece of any Tolkien reader’s library. This beautiful collector’s edition brings the complete adventure to life, featuring: A Grand Adventure: Follow the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he is swept from his comfortable life by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves on a journey to reclaim their treasure. The World of Middle-earth: Journey to a realm of wizards, elves, and fearsome goblins, the richly imagined world that would become the setting for The Lord of the Rings. A Legendary Dragon: Face the cunning and dangerous dragon, Smaug the Magnificent, who guards a vast hoard of gold and jewels deep within the Lonely Mountain. Found Family: Watch as a reluctant hobbit, a mysterious wizard, and thirteen determined dwarves forge an unbreakable bond on their perilous journey.

Sauron has returned. . . watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video. A special collectible hardcover edition of the best-selling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design, foil stamping, stained edges, and ribbon bookmark. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But this unlikely hero’s contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an epic quest “there and back again.” They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. . . The essential prelude to The Lord of the Rings, this classic fantasy adventure has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century. This elegant hardcover – now available for the first time in the United States – is one of five Collector’s Editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most beloved works, and an essential piece of any Tolkien reader’s library. This beautiful collector’s edition brings the complete adventure to life, featuring: A Grand Adventure: Follow the hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he is swept from his comfortable life by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves on a journey to reclaim their treasure. The World of Middle-earth: Journey to a realm of wizards, elves, and fearsome goblins, the richly imagined world that would become the setting for The Lord of the Rings. A Legendary Dragon: Face the cunning and dangerous dragon, Smaug the Magnificent, who guards a vast hoard of gold and jewels deep within the Lonely Mountain. Found Family: Watch as a reluctant hobbit, a mysterious wizard, and thirteen determined dwarves forge an unbreakable bond on their perilous journey.

'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.' The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history. 'Superb . impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant ' William Dalrymple, Guardian '[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book ' Sunday Times 'A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit ' Daily Telegraph ______ For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar. On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him. This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries. **Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator, Listener and Sydney Morning Herald**

A #1 Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads Selection Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother's throne, learn to be a ruler-and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her. On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen's Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon-from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic-to prevent her from wearing the crown. Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea's kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust. But the quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun-a wondrous journey of self-discovery and a trial by fire that will make her a legend . . . if she can survive. This book will be a beautifully designed package with illustrated endpapers, a map of the Tearling, and a ribbon marker.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Volume 1 -- I. Plenary Addresses -- Joining different worlds; symbols and the quest for unity -- From the fantasia through metaphor to knowledge: A Vichian perspective of conceptualization -- Some remarks on perfect languages -- Fundamentals of diachronic linguistics: Semiotic implications -- "Symbols grow" II -- Sémiotique et herméneutique: Vers une complémentarité possible -- Global semiotics -- II. Semiotics Around the World -- Semiotics in Romania: Political implications -- Sémiotique au Chili d'aujourd'hui: histoire, ruptures et champ théorique -- Semiotics in Spain -- The semiosis of cognition -- Sémiotiques belges -- Semiotics in Germany -- Semiotics in Greece -- Semiotics in Switzerland -- Semiotics in the Nordic countries -- Ill. Linguistics -- Linguistics and the language of schizophrenics -- Is nature a language? J. W. Goethe on scientific knowledge -- The semiotics of catastrophe in linguistic change -- Johann Gottfried Herder's conception of the origin of language -- The main statements of theories as determined by a semiotic method -- Emotion families -- The relationship between texts and their location -- Some consonant strategies in spoken discourse -- Les supports lexico-syntaxiques du non-fini en français et en arabe -- Zero-derivation or syntagmatic derivation -- La figuralité: Son actualité en linguistique et en sémiotique -- Perception of proverbs and familiarity with them. Figurativeness as one of the most powerful markers of proverbiality -- Sauron's Newspeak: Black Speech, Quenya, and the nature of mind -- The possible worlds of the imaginary -- Digital and nondigital information in genetic language -- Creating signs, building bridges -- Lexical and phonetic semiotic in lyrics: Agnes Miegel's Herbst -- Expression as expression - as -- Two kinds of semantics: Six intersemiotic theses -- Situational effects on the quantification of frequency words -- Cooperative organization of Japanese conversation -- Some comments on semiotics of graphic communication -- Cognitive metaphor and critical rhetoric -- Cross-cultural pragmatics in Western academic discursive practice -- Textsemantics: A bridge between linguistics and literary theory -- The social crystallization of language. Coercive traits of the social characterization in a Saussurean textus receptus tradition -- IV. Culture -- Material culture in the mirror of archival sources -- Sacrality, myth, objects: Techniques of fabrication and semiotical, anthropological interpretation of carpets and jewels from Pakistan -- American "Comics": A semiolinguistic analysis -- Waco Wackos! The emergence of American social consciousness in the jokes told surrounding the events at Waco, Texas -- For a transcultural theory of iconic creation -- "Heimat" and "mi tierra". Towards a semiotic theory of local identities from an intercultural perspective -- Verbal and visual intersemiosis in aesthetical experiments-the case of contemporary Brazilian culture -- The meaning of life: Extensional semantics in the game go -- On cultural stereotypes: A Peircean view -- African-American aesthetic of dress: Subcultural meaning and significance -- Humour and verisimilitude -- The sign behind the gate -- Noname Culture -- Destin et histoire -- Fashion and body images in youth cultures. The semiotics of Skins, Punks, New Wave and the Preppie -- Arthur Bispo do Rosario: The vertigo art -- The skin of time - a semiotic approach to death -- Fetishes, props, and prostheses-On the ecology of material objects -- Semiotic ethnocriticism: Tawada's Das Fremde aus der Dose -- Verbal means as signs of human needs in the light of an axiosemiotic theory of culture -- "Glory of Glories . . . She Wears a Hat" Dress, the immigrant and social equality in America -- A triple semiosis for the representation of stone tools in archaeology -- V. Literature: Theory, Text, Narrative, Poetics -- The reflected voices: Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Volume 1 -- I. Plenary Addresses -- Joining different worlds; symbols and the quest for unity -- From the fantasia through metaphor to knowledge: A Vichian perspective of conceptualization -- Some remarks on perfect languages -- Fundamentals of diachronic linguistics: Semiotic implications -- "Symbols grow" II -- Sémiotique et herméneutique: Vers une complémentarité possible -- Global semiotics -- II. Semiotics Around the World -- Semiotics in Romania: Political implications -- Sémiotique au Chili d'aujourd'hui: histoire, ruptures et champ théorique -- Semiotics in Spain -- The semiosis of cognition -- Sémiotiques belges -- Semiotics in Germany -- Semiotics in Greece -- Semiotics in Switzerland -- Semiotics in the Nordic countries -- Ill. Linguistics -- Linguistics and the language of schizophrenics -- Is nature a language? J. W. Goethe on scientific knowledge -- The semiotics of catastrophe in linguistic change -- Johann Gottfried Herder's conception of the origin of language -- The main statements of theories as determined by a semiotic method -- Emotion families -- The relationship between texts and their location -- Some consonant strategies in spoken discourse -- Les supports lexico-syntaxiques du non-fini en français et en arabe -- Zero-derivation or syntagmatic derivation -- La figuralité: Son actualité en linguistique et en sémiotique -- Perception of proverbs and familiarity with them. Figurativeness as one of the most powerful markers of proverbiality -- Sauron's Newspeak: Black Speech, Quenya, and the nature of mind -- The possible worlds of the imaginary -- Digital and nondigital information in genetic language -- Creating signs, building bridges -- Lexical and phonetic semiotic in lyrics: Agnes Miegel's Herbst -- Expression as expression - as -- Two kinds of semantics: Six intersemiotic theses -- Situational effects on the quantification of frequency words -- Cooperative organization of Japanese conversation -- Some comments on semiotics of graphic communication -- Cognitive metaphor and critical rhetoric -- Cross-cultural pragmatics in Western academic discursive practice -- Textsemantics: A bridge between linguistics and literary theory -- The social crystallization of language. Coercive traits of the social characterization in a Saussurean textus receptus tradition -- IV. Culture -- Material culture in the mirror of archival sources -- Sacrality, myth, objects: Techniques of fabrication and semiotical, anthropological interpretation of carpets and jewels from Pakistan -- American "Comics": A semiolinguistic analysis -- Waco Wackos! The emergence of American social consciousness in the jokes told surrounding the events at Waco, Texas -- For a transcultural theory of iconic creation -- "Heimat" and "mi tierra". Towards a semiotic theory of local identities from an intercultural perspective -- Verbal and visual intersemiosis in aesthetical experiments-the case of contemporary Brazilian culture -- The meaning of life: Extensional semantics in the game go -- On cultural stereotypes: A Peircean view -- African-American aesthetic of dress: Subcultural meaning and significance -- Humour and verisimilitude -- The sign behind the gate -- Noname Culture -- Destin et histoire -- Fashion and body images in youth cultures. The semiotics of Skins, Punks, New Wave and the Preppie -- Arthur Bispo do Rosario: The vertigo art -- The skin of time - a semiotic approach to death -- Fetishes, props, and prostheses-On the ecology of material objects -- Semiotic ethnocriticism: Tawada's Das Fremde aus der Dose -- Verbal means as signs of human needs in the light of an axiosemiotic theory of culture -- "Glory of Glories . . . She Wears a Hat" Dress, the immigrant and social equality in America -- A triple semiosis for the representation of stone tools in archaeology -- V. Literature: Theory, Text, Narrative, Poetics -- The reflected voices: Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler

Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief can be read in any order. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics. This first book in series introduces one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. The Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin. Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything-or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans, and have been honored with glowing reviews, "best of" citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Book A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book A Junior Library Guild Selection "The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come."-Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer "Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail-you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."-Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows "Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice."-Lois McMaster Bujold, acclaimed and Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series "In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all-a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "To miss this thief's story would be a crime."-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) "A literary journey that enriches both its characters and readers before it is over."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel."-The Horn Book (starred review)

Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief can be read in any order. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics. This first book in series introduces one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. The Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin. Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything-or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans, and have been honored with glowing reviews, "best of" citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Book A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book A Junior Library Guild Selection "The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come."-Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer "Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail-you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."-Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows "Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice."-Lois McMaster Bujold, acclaimed and Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series "In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all-a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "To miss this thief's story would be a crime."-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) "A literary journey that enriches both its characters and readers before it is over."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel."-The Horn Book (starred review)

Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief can be read in any order. New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics. This first book in series introduces one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. The Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin. Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything—or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans, and have been honored with glowing reviews, “best of” citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. This edition of The Thief includes an exclusive piece by Megan Whalen Turner about her inspiration for the setting of the story, an introduction to the characters from the world of the Queen's Thief, and a map of the world of the Queen's Thief. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Book A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book A Junior Library Guild Selection “The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come.”—Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer "Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail—you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again.”—Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows “Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice.”—Lois McMaster Bujold, acclaimed and Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series "In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all—a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “To miss this thief's story would be a crime.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) “A literary journey that enriches both its characters and readers before it is over.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel.”—The Horn Book (starred review)

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king's death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman's blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband's corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories' pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa's empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It's a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature's most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou's Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE&#39,S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king&#39,s death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman&#39,s blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband&#39,s corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories&#39, pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa&#39,s empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It&#39,s a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature&#39,s most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou&#39,s Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death&#39,s Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche &, Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king's death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman's blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband's corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories' pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa's empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It's a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature's most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou's Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king's death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman's blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband's corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories' pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa's empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It's a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature's most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou's Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king's death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman's blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband's corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories' pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa's empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It's a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature's most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou's Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile Lady Villains is an unforgettable ride into the realm of stories -- THE WORLD MISTAKES YOU BOTH FOR VILLAINS You are Lady Macbeth. You have plotted your king's death and now you need to flee. You turn to the Three Witches for help, but their spell casts you out into a unrecognisable new realm. You fall through a door only to stumble upon another woman's blood-soaked triumph: you meet Klytemnestra as she stands over her husband's corpse. But as this Queen of Mycenae mistakes you for a spirit, she chases you through another mysterious door into the world of stories. Hunted by wraiths in an unfamiliar land determined to destroy you both, you are forced into alliance. Castles crumble. Myths collide. In the chaos, your dark rivalry gives way to a fiery attraction no one could have predicted. To survive, you must choose: return to the tragedies that define you, or burn those stories' pages and rewrite your ending, together . . . -- Praise for Vile Lady Villains:- Cathartic and deeply romantic , Vile Lady Villains is the iconic queen crossover of my dreams! Claret and Anassa's empowering journey through harrowing trials, innovative dreamscapes, and murky choices builds like a fever breaking into a celebration of vicious women, second chances, and taking control of your story. - Leanne Schwartz, author of A Prayer for Vengeance and To a Darker Shore Vile Lady Villains is a stunningly original novel, dense and dark and overwhelmingly magical. It's a daring blend of borrowed stories, recreating characters we thought we knew, and giving them the full, unfettered life they deserve. Lovers of Shakespeare and Greek myth will be enchanted - Louisa Morgan, The Faerie Morgana In confident, luscious prose, Christopoulou creates an enthralling liminal quest, where two of literature's most infamous female villains reclaim their stories -and fall irrevocably in love. I was spellbound from the very first page and could hardly breathe as the ending neared. Heart-rending, atmospheric and unmissable. - Kika Hatzopoulou, Sunday Times bestselling author of Threads That Bind Danai Christopoulou's Vile Lady Villains is part classical theatre compressed into a jewel-box of metafiction, part living painting: its palette supersaturated with passion, poetry, and portent. Her familiar protagonists, Claret and Anassa, like two firebirds of blood and spirit, arise entwined from the wreckage of their own tragic narratives, pursued by fates, furies, and the chance at something better. - C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter A rollicking ride through time and space, drawing together two women from very different worlds. With prose as sharp as a blade and as rich as blood, Christopoulou has created a deeply satisfying story. - Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros A richly intertextual narrative about writing your own story rather than the one that is written for you, Vile Lady Villains reimagines the powerful women of literature and myth. Christopoulou brings two iconic characters together for an adventure that will delight, inspire, and surprise. Teeming with queer tension and sparking with anger and joy in equal measure, this is a rare and exciting work of feminist literature. - Elyse John, author of Orphia and Eurydicius