Hild - Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith

Category: Adults

Tags: Adults, Historical Fiction

Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods priests are worrying. Edwin of Northumbria plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief., Hild is the kings youngest niece. She has the powerful curiosity of a bright child, a will of adamant, and a way of seeing the worldof studying nature, of matching cause with effect, of observing human nature and predicting what will happen nextthat can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her. She establishes herself as the kings seer. And she is indispensableuntil she should ever lead the king astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, her family, her loved ones, and the increasing numbers who seek the protection of the strange girl who can read the world and see the future.