Traitors' Nest (Signed First Edition)

Hardinge, Frances

ISBN 10: 1529090644 / ISBN 13: 9781529090642

Published by First Ink, 2026

About this Item

Signed by Frances Hardinge. First Edition 1st Print. Brand new. Stencilled sprayed edges.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1787649424989

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traitors' Nest (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: First Ink
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529090644
• ISBN 13: 9781529090642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.5W x 21.6H x 2.2D centimeters 13.5 centimeters width by 21.6 centimeters height by 2.2 centimeters depth
• Weight: 515 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Discover the brand new spellbinding fantasy from award-winning Frances Hardinge, perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Laini Taylor, Ava Reid and Erin Morgenstern.

"Wildly inventive worldbuilding, gentle humor, and indomitable, kindhearted characters . . . a joy from start to finish." - Publishers Weekly

"Layered and lush; an expertly woven tapestry." - Kirkus

Castles traded places sometimes. Everyone knew that. It was always something that might happen, except that it never had.

Until all of a sudden it did.

Far above the valleys and villages of the Kingdom of Thaletal, a Great Game is played. Players move castles around the realm like chess pieces - and the ordinary villagers are mere pawns at the whim of their tactics.

When 15-year-old Burr's peaceful village is disrupted by the arrival of an ominous new castle, he decides he's had enough. But what starts as a plucky coup soon escalates - and soon the castle is wrenched away to a far-flung corner of the kingdom, where whispers mount of a mysterious ancient maiden whose magpies collect her debts at dangerous prices.

Here, the stakes are higher than the tallest turrets, and every move counts. Burr must work with his sisters and friends - and rely on the unexpected help of a strange and intriguing heiress - to unravel the secrets of the Magpie Maiden and the origins of the Great Game before he becomes just another casualty of the Players' deadly contest.

About the Author

Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's novels including, Fly By Night's sequel, Twilight Robbery, as well as the Carnegie shortlisted Cuckoo Song and the Costa Book of the Year winner, The Lie Tree.