'This is how you traveled? What if the enchantment ended while Vivi wasn’t with you?” ““This?” he demands, looking down at the waves far beneath them.

So long as you’re begging, he doesn’t mind a bit.” Some might think of him as a strong draught, burning the back of one’s throat, but invigorating all the same. Perhaps it’s no surprise that he turned out the way he did the only surprise is that he managed to become the High King of Elfhame anyway.

“ A prince of Faerie, nourished on cat milk and contempt, born into a family overburdened with heirs, and a nasty little prophesy hanging over his head - since the hour of Cardan’s birth, he has been alternately adored and despised. “So long as you’re begging, he doesn’t mind a bit.” This new instalment in the Folk of the Air series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that enchanted readers everywhere.Įach chapter is paired with lavish and luminous full-colour art, making this the perfect collector’s item to be enjoyed by audiences both new and old. This tale includes delicious details of life before The Cruel Prince, an adventure beyond The Queen of Nothing, and familiar but pivotal moments from The Folk of the Air trilogy, told wholly from Cardan’s perspective. In this sumptuously illustrated tale, Holly Black reveals a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame’s enigmatic high king.

An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue…īefore Cardan was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone.

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