Author: Kingfisher, T.
Fantasy romance
Published on 21 August 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 368 pages
240 x 163 x 35 | 576g
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.
‘A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic, and a fantastic cat!’ – Sarah Beth Durst, author of The SpellshopFeaturing custom endpapers illustrated by the author and a foil stamp on the board !Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.
Not to die, but to save – seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.
But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her.
Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow – but nothing seems to work. Nothing, that is, until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.
Or it might be the thing that kills them all . . .
‘A wonderfully offbeat fantasy . . . as delightful as it is impressive’ – Heather Fawcett, author of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of FaeriesHemlock & Silver was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller the w/e 23rd August.
