Synopses & Reviews
“What is the spell for?” Miranda asked curiously, stepping close beside him to squeeze through the first ring of trees. She didnt know of any goblin spells that used flowers unless they were crushed like herbs. “Do you really want to know?” murmured the elf absently, looking up at the dark crowns of the ancient oaks.
“Yes,” she said. She had always liked magic. He glanced back down at her then.
“Its for you,” he said. And the instant they passed the great trunks, his hand closed over her wrist.
The powerful final volume of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
Miranda has waited her whole life to come home to the goblin kingdom, but she never imagined shed feel so alone there. Her beloved Marak, the center of her world since childhood, has reached the end of his reign.
But Marak didnt raise a coward. Miranda needs all her courage when a mysterious elf lord takes her prisoner, reigniting an age-old battle. Caught between two hostile races, she becomes their greatest reason for war—and their only hope for a future.
In this final volume of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, Clare B. Dunkle draws readers deep into her magical realm for one last incredible story.
Review
“Clare Dunkle brings a fresh new voice and a fresh new vision to the high art of fantasy. She creates a world filled with intense excitement, terror, beauty, and love—a world as persuasive as it is remarkable.” —Lloyd Alexander
* “A luminously polished fantasy that starts off strong and just gets better. A masterly debut.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The impact of Dunkles evocative storytelling lingers long after the final page.”—Booklist
Synopsis
The powerful final volume of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
Miranda has waited her whole life to come home to the goblin kingdom, but she never imagined she’d feel so alone there. Her beloved Marak, the center of her world since childhood, has reached the end of his reign.
But Marak didn’t raise a coward. Miranda needs all her courage when a mysterious elf lord takes her prisoner, reigniting an age-old battle. Caught between two hostile races, she becomes their greatest reason for war—and their only hope for a future.
In this final volume of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, Clare B. Dunkle draws readers deep into her magical realm for one last incredible story.
Synopsis
Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be the goblin king, and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom . . .
So begins the award-winning Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Now in paperback, these editions welcome a whole new audience to the magical realm that Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander calls "as persuasive as it is remarkable."
About the Author
Clare B. Dunkle is also the author of By These Ten Bones. A native of north Texas, she and her family currently live in Germany.