Hemlock & Silver

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Author: Kingfisher, T. Fantasy romancePublished on 21 August 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 368 pages234 x 153 | 0g From New York Times bestselling an d 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 Faeries Show more