{"product_id":"9780008727291","title":"A Snake Among Swans","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hannah Kaner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFantasy\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 July 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperVoyager) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e244 x 165 x 40mm | 698g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of House of the Dragon® and The Priory of the Orange Tree comes a dark and propulsive tale of warring kingdoms, female rage and a wild magic that refuses to be tamed, by the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Fallen Gods trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Death is come to take you home, death of blood and thorn and bone…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest of her homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But now both the kithwood and her kingdom are in danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For Tilde is the only surviving heir of a conquered land. To unite the people and finally stop the bloodshed, she marries the ageing warlord, King Liran. Her duty is to bind their nations and bear him a son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But the swan king’s court is dangerous. Tilde is a threat to the claim of Liran’s older sons, who will do whatever it takes to remove her, to the princess Elise who has only ever known loyalty to her family, and to the priests who own them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Yet none of them know that Tilde is a snake in their midst, with allies on her side and dark, forbidden power of her own. She wants her kingdom back, and she will sacrifice everything to claim it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For the queen to rise, the swans must fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'One of my favourite epics of all time' – SAMANTHA SHANNON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Breathtaking' – SAARA EL-ARIFI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘An addictive, cunning political fantasy' – SHANNON CHAKRABORTY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Captivating' – ANTONIA HODGSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Vicious, brutal, intricate' – TASHA SURI\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hannah Kaner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65544544682333,"sku":"9780008727291","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780008727291.jpg?v=1786450984","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008727291","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}