The Unwilling

First Time Trade

Kelly Braffet

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Andre Deutsch
01 June 2021

Historical adventure; Fantasy; Cultural & Period Fantasy; Epic Fantasy; Magic; Paranormal Romance

'Fantasy at its most sublime' ERIN MORGENSTERN

'Ingenious . . . Kelly Braffet is a marvel' KELLY LINK

Perfect for fans of Samantha Shannon, Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J. Maas.

She has no name and no history, but she has a power greater than the Empire has ever known.

Judah is an orphaned girl with a secret gift, born at the gates of Highfall castle. Raised alongside Gavin, heir to Lord Elban's empire, the two share a bond - one that is key to Judah's survival and destined to be Judah's undoing.

Elban - as mighty as he is cruel and greedy - plans to use Judah as a pawn to amass greater control. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

But beyond the castle walls, a magus, a healer with his own powerful force, has arrived from the provinces. He, too, has designs on the realm, and at the heart of his plans lies Judah...

The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon discover her own strength.

She does not have to be given power: she can just take it.
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Readers are obsessed with The Unwilling:

'Clever, beautiful, unexpected'

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'Reminds me of Six of Crows. Gritty, real and full of imperfectly amazing characters'

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'I could stay with these characters a very long time'

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'Brilliantly executed. The Unwilling is about sharing joy, and sensing fear and cruelty, and caring beyond ourselves' VANITY FAIR

'Suspenseful: magical, wonderfully written and never predictable . . . An essential addition to the all epic fantasy collections' BOOKLIST

By: Kelly Braffet
Imprint: Andre Deutsch
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 461g
ISBN: 9780233006475
ISBN 10: 0233006478
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kelly Braffet is the acclaimed author of the novels Save Yourself, Josie and Jack and Last Seen Leaving. Her writing has been published in The Fairy Tale Review, Post Road and several anthologies. This is her first venture into fantasy.

Reviews for The Unwilling (First Time Trade)

'Having read this wonderful book, I'd DOUBLE star it. Absolutely couldn't put it down. Didn't want it to end' Stephen King. 'Suspenseful; magical, wonderfully written and never predictable ... An essential addition to all epic fantasy collections' Booklist, starred review. 'A juggernaut of an epic fantasy novel with ingenious, thrilling twists and turns. Kelly Braffet is a marvel and I'll read anything she writes' Kelly Link, MacArthur Genius Recipient. 'Familiar yet entirely unique, The Unwilling is the sort of story that seeps under your skin and pulses there, intimate and vibrant and alive. Fantasy at its most sublime' Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus.