Close Kin Book II -- The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy [Paperback]

Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy now available in paperback

For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritageuntil Marak decides to tell them himself. Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be the goblin king, and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom . . .

So begins the award-winning Hollow Kingdom Trilogy. Now in paperback, these editions welcome a whole new audience to the magical realm that Newbery Award winner Lloyd Alexander calls as persuasive as it is remarkable.

Clare B. Dunkleis also the author ofBy These Ten Bones. A native of north Texas, she and her family currently live in Germany.

Clare Dunkle brings a fresh new voice and a fresh new vision to the high art of fantasy. She creates a world filled with intense excitement, terror, beauty, and love--a world as persuasive as it is remarkable. Lloyd Alexander

* A luminously polished fantasy that starts off strong and just gets better. A masterly debut. Publishers Weekly, starred review

The impact of Dunkle's evocative storytelling lingers long after the final page. Booklist