![]() Getting near enough to kill a prince is a difficult task in itself. ![]() With her unlikely allies by her side, Marra ventures ever closer to freeing her sister from the clutches of her tormentor and ridding their kingdom of a tyrannous ruler. But first she must complete three seemingly impossible tasks. Determined to save her remaining sister, Marra sets out to find the tools she will need to kill a prince protected by ancient magic. Having watched one sister die under suspicious circumstances and another continue to suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra has finally realised that nobody is coming to their rescue. Shy, convent-raised Marra is the third born princess of a kingdom that had to marry off its first two daughters to secure an alliance that would ensure their survival. ![]() Sound a bit mad? It is, but in the best of ways. ![]() Kingfisher’s Nettle and Bone is a classic quest novel in that sense, featuring a young protagonist trying to achieve all three of those things with the help of a grumpy gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a gallant former knight, a chicken possessed by a demon, and a dog made of wire and bones. They typically centre on a bunch of disparate characters being thrown together under less than ideal circumstances and sent on a hopeless mission to either retrieve something, avenge someone or save something. Quest novels are the beating heart of the fantasy genre. ![]()
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