The Unicorn Hunters

<p><b>Anne of Brittany was a child when her land was invaded, her castle besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.</b><br><br>Now Brittany is occupied by her enemies, her treasury empty, and only one thing is lacking to complete her realm’s subjugation: she is required, on pain of the sword, to marry the King of France.<br><br>But Anne cannot. She has promised her dead father that Brittany would never be conquered.<br><br>Defiantly, she betroths herself in secret to France’s greatest enemy. But in a world where courts may spy on each other by magic, there is only one way to solemnize this illicit union.<br><br>Under the guise of a hunting party, Anne takes her court deep into a deep forest, a strange place dogged with rumours of ancient enchantments; a place where diviners cannot see. She tells the French that she had gone there to hunt unicorns.<br><br>It’s a ruse, a lie, a feint.<br><br>But when, against all expectations, a unicorn does appear and a wounded stranger stumbles from the trees and falls at her feet, Anne is plunged into a world of enchantment where a doomed sovereign might find the power to change the destiny of her nation - or be lost in the mist for ever.<br><br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Warm Hands of Ghosts</i>:</b><br><br>‘Darkly beautiful and deeply humane.' Ava Reid, bestselling author of <i>A Study in Drowning</i><br><br>'A book you won't want to let go of.' Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the Outlander series<br><br>‘One of the best historical fantasies I've ever read’ Emma Törzs, bestselling author of <i>Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe</i><br><br>'Wonderful storytelling. Inventive, haunting and deeply moving.' Sarah Winman, bestselling author of <i>Still Life</i></p>