Hemlock & Silver

DELUXE EDITION — a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring bright green sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers illustrated by the author. From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of "Snow White" steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind. Healer Anja regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save — seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja's unorthodox methods can save her. Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick. Or it might be the thing that kills them all.

A dark reimagining of "Snow White" steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind. A healer regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save — seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying... until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror... Gold Leaf Book Box September 2025 box exclusive: hardcover with stenciled edges and an exclusive redesigned foiled cover.

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind. Anja works with poisons, ingesting them over and over again to master the art of creating cures and healing afflictions. When Anja is called upon to cure Princess Snow of a strange, unexplained illness, her search for answers leads her to a mysterious, enchanted world accessible only through mirrors—a realm that could either hold the cure or be the very source of Snow’s sickness. Aided by a taciturn guard and guided by a narcissistic cat, Anja must enter this alternative world in the hopes of finding the answers she needs. But time is running out, and with those answers comes a threat that endangers them all. Hemlock & Silver is a 1 (Extra Mild) on our Spice Meter. This book contains: child abuse / emotional abuse body horror death death of a parent fatphobia alcohol use vomit medical content grief Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in the book. CONTENT WARNING Featured in the August 2025 'Through the Mirror' OwlCrate Adult Fantasy box. Photos by: @thebookscript (on Instagram) Graphic by: Hey Atlas Creative

Healer Anja regularly drinks poison. Not to die, but to save – seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on. But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her. Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow – but nothing seems to work. Nothing, that is, until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick. Or it might be the thing that kills them all...