Sycorax
by Nydia Hetherington· 2025
From the author of emA Girl Made of Air/em comes an origin story for Shakespeare's emThe Tempest/em, as the eponymous outcast sorceress finds herself in the eye of a terrible storm.
Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told...
They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress.
Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all...
With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all?
An imagining of what came before Shakespeare's iThe Tempest /ifrom the author of iA Girl Made of Air/i.
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From the author of emA Girl Made of Air/em comes an origin story for Shakespeare's emThe Tempest/em, as the eponymous outcast sorceress finds herself in the eye of a terrible storm. Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told... They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all... With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all? An imagining of what came before Shakespeare's iThe Tempest /ifrom the author of iA Girl Made of Air/i.