A01=Frances Hardinge
Author_Frances Hardinge
castles
Category=YFH
comic con
coming of age
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fantasy
forthcoming
frances hardinge
gaming
Kingdom of Thaletal
magic realism
moving castles
rebellion
tabletop gaming
the lie tree
ya fantasy
YA fiction
young adult
Product details
- ISBN 9781529090680
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Castles traded places sometimes. Everyone knew that. It was always something that might happen, except that it never had in that valley, and nobody had really expected that it would. It was one of those unlikelihoods, like finding treasure, or being eaten by a wolf, or having a handsome, powerful stranger turn up to right all your wrongs. It could happen, except it didn't.
Until all of a sudden it did.
Traitors' Nest is the brand new YA fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, in which castles in the Kingdom of Thaletal are moved around like chess pieces by enigmatic Players. The story follows 16-year-old Burr, whose village is disrupted by a new castle and Lord. What starts as a small rebellion escalates when the castle is moved, and Burr learns about a mysterious ancient maiden who uses magpies to collect her debts.
Frances Hardinge spent a large part of her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of Fly By Night, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. She has since written many highly acclaimed children's novels including, Fly By Night's sequel, Twilight Robbery, as well as the Carnegie shortlisted Cuckoo Song and the Costa Book of the Year winner, The Lie Tree.
