By the Sardine Queen, by salt and the devil, by blackwormy earth, and by the deep, dark sea, the catwitch Urfi conjures an angel to love her and have children with her. But angels aren’t meant for love, and with the embryonic egg of their unborn children, Urfi flees from her partner’s violence, enduring terrible trials to find a new and safe home in the faery forest.
As her children, Isobel, Batzel, and Mazel, grow up with her, they find the horrors their mother endured during her flight to the forest returning to their lives — this time for the three of them to defeat for good. With secret magic, solemn bonds of friendship, and sisterhood, they can at last stand against the threat of the angels’ terror and insanity in this dark fairytale of motherhood, magic, and apocalyptic romance.
A gorgeous intergenerational family story of promises made, promises kept, and a mother who would do anything to protect her daughters.
Avery Hill has just launched a Kickstarter for The Witch’s Egg
Donya Todd makes weird and wonderful illustration inspired by the magical, mystical, and macabre. She has worked with Cartoon Network, Mercury Filmworks, Blank Slate Books, Image Comics, House of Illustration, Samsung, Tatty Divine, and many more. She received the AOI newcomers prize, the Earl Richards Narrative Prize in 2009, and an Outstanding Achievement in Illustration. Donya holds a First Class Masters Degree in Authorial Illustration from Falmouth University. She is based in Cornwall.
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