The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

A Locus and Nebula Award Winner for Best Novella! A Hugo Award finalist!
An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick!

The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot be separated, even in death.

The hardcover edition features beautiful interior illustrations and a foil case stamp.

"Half delicious murder ballad, half beguiling love story." --Holly Black * "An absolute must-read." --T. Kingfisher * "Every sentence sings!" --Sarah Beth Durst * "Utterly enchanting." --Fonda Lee * "A story that outlasts itself." --Alix E. Harrow * "Truly exquisite." --Zoraida Córdova * "A beautiful, musical, and loving story." --Emma Törzs

"Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath."

In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family.

There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic. None more devotedly than the family's latest daughters, Esther and Ysabel, who cherish each other as much as they cherish the ancient trees.

But when Esther rejects a forceful suitor in favor of a lover from the land of Faerie, not only the sisters' bond but also their lives will be at risk...

Amal El-Mohtar is a critically acclaimed author, editor, and critic who has won numerous awards. Seasons of Glass and Iron was a nominee for the World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Aurora, and Eugie Foster prizes, and won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. She is the author of The Honey Month, a compilation of poetry and prose inspired by the flavors of twenty-eight different types of honey, and she writes for NPR Books and The New York Times. Her work has lately appeared in anthologies like as The Djinn Fell in Love & Other Stories and The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, as well as on Tor and Uncanny Magazine. She is a PhD candidate at Carleton University and a creative writing instructor at the University of Ottawa. She can be found on Twitter under the handle @Tithenai.