The Knight and the Butcherbird
- Authors: Alix E Harrow
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- Genres: Fantasy
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- Release Date: 2025
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About the book
In this dystopian fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, a small town’s storyteller struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.
Centuries after the world’s end, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow is haunted by demons. Such terrors are common in the outlands, where most people die young—if they don’t become monsters themselves.
When a legendary knight is summoned to slay the latest unearthly creature in the woods, the town’s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be worried. The demon was her wife. And while Shrike is sure May still recognizes her—sure that May is still in there, somewhere—she has no proof.
Desperate to keep May safe, Shrike follows the knight and his demon-hunting hawk deep into the forest. But as they move through toxic creeks and tangled kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has secrets of his own. Secrets he will go to any lengths to protect.
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