The Unicorn Hunters
Author: Arden, Katherine
ISBN: 9781529994254
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 23 Jun 2026
Pages: 448
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;The sweeping new historical fantasy novel from Plt;iPgt;Sunday Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author Katherine Arden.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Anne of Brittany was a child when her land was invaded, her castle besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Now Brittany is occupied by her enemies, her treasury empty, and only one thing is lacking to complete her realmP#8217;s subjugation: she is required, on pain of the sword, to marry the King of France.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;But Anne cannot. She has promised her dead father that Brittany would never be conquered.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Defiantly, she betroths herself in secret to FranceP#8217;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ItP#8217;s a ruse, a lie, a feint.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.
ISBN: 9781529994254
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 23 Jun 2026
Pages: 448
Format: Hardback
Plt;bPgt;The sweeping new historical fantasy novel from Plt;iPgt;Sunday Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author Katherine Arden.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Anne of Brittany was a child when her land was invaded, her castle besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Now Brittany is occupied by her enemies, her treasury empty, and only one thing is lacking to complete her realmP#8217;s subjugation: she is required, on pain of the sword, to marry the King of France.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;But Anne cannot. She has promised her dead father that Brittany would never be conquered.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Defiantly, she betroths herself in secret to FranceP#8217;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;ItP#8217;s a ruse, a lie, a feint.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;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.
