*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT* LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019‘Spellbinding’ Guardian‘Magic’ Erin Kelly‘Immersive’ Sunday Times‘Astounding’ Anna MazzolaEmmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded. Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it.The Binding, a Sunday Times bestselling book, is a historical fantasy that explores the dark corners of memory and secrets. Bridget Collins tells the story of Emmett Farmer, a binder's apprentice, who discovers a book with his name, setting him on a path of self-discovery and coming of age.For fans of Brandon Sanderson (The Way of Kings), T Kingfisher (Hemlock & Silver), Katherine Arden (The Secret Romantic's Book of Magic), Ava Reid (A Theory of Dreaming), and Susan Stokes-Chapman (Pandora).
