{"product_id":"hunt-the-ever-wild-isbn-9781836730071","title":"Hunt the Ever Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gothic standalone combining the gaslamp fantasy of C. L. Polk’s \u003ci\u003eWitchmark\u003c\/i\u003e with the slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance of Isa Agajanian's \u003ci\u003eModern Divination\u003c\/i\u003e and the whimsy of \u003ci\u003eHowl's Moving Castle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the king calls a hunt for the Lichtenwald forest’s elusive phoenix, wizard Sy jumps at the chance. Years ago, he indentured himself to the crown to pay for his magical education, and an unbreakable spell binds him to carry out the king’s every wicked whim, or face certain death. The prize is enough to pay off his debt, but he can’t survive the forest alone. Seeking help, he finds Anya, a skilled huntress living on the Lichtenwald’s edge, and lies about splitting the prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Anya’s lying too. Cursed by a witch after killing her familiar, Anya must find the phoenix and bind it to the witch by the summer solstice, or else suffer a gruesome transformation. With the curse worsening and the Lichtenwald swarming with wizards, she needs Sy on her side – for now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither of them can split the prize, nor win alone. And despite the growing attraction between them, betrayal remains their only option.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut anything is possible in the forest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the forest is hungry.\"S. E. Kiser's lyrical storytelling enchants like the wild itself in this quest for the impossible laced with dark magic and yearning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Ruth Frances Long\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHunt the Ever Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, S.E. Kiser has crafted a dark story of societal entrapment and hidden desires, which gallops along like a twisted fairytale. An enticing and original fantasy story, the Lichtenwald forest will get under your skin almost as deeply as the characters who try to tame it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Laura Elliot\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwakened\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"a glorious lyrical debut that haunts long after the reader exits its sentient forest.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Shalini Abeysekara\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Monster of Mine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHunt the Ever Wild \u003c\/i\u003eis an exquisite debut, full of all my favorite things: enchanted forests, a city that glitters as it rots, and a romance that sparkles. Through a gaslamp fairy tale of a world, the story grapples with the true meaning of beauty, riches, and the wild. There is such materiality in Kiser’s writing: to read is to be swallowed by the Lichtenwald, by the flora and fauna and magic. If you love folkloric, romantic tales like \u003ci\u003eHowl’s Moving Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is for you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Rebecca Brodkey\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarker Than the Starless Night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"S. E. Kiser's lyrical storytelling enchants like the wild itself in this quest for the impossible laced with dark magic and yearning.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Ruth Frances Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eHunt the Ever Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, S.E. Kiser has crafted a dark story of societal entrapment and hidden desires, which gallops along like a twisted fairytale. An enticing and original fantasy story, the Lichtenwald forest will get under your skin almost as deeply as the characters who try to tame it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Laura Elliot\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwakened\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kiser crafts a vibrant landscape where the glossy veneer of civilization digs questing fingers into the vicious, untamed, and inexplicable. Alive with timely societal parallels in the moral compromises of fettered city scribes, this is a glorious lyrical debut that haunts long after the reader exits its sentient forest.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Shalini Abeysekara\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Monster of Mine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“An exquisite debut, full of all my favorite things: enchanted forests, a city that glitters as it rots, and a romance that sparkles.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Rebecca Brodkey\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarker Than the Starless Night\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eS.E. Kiser\u003c\/b\u003e is a trans, non-binary Missouri writer with an M.A. in English literature and a deep love of fairy tales, the Gothic, and life in all its forms","brand":"Angry Robot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233248129253,"sku":"NP9781836730071","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781836730071.jpg?v=1767729542","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hunt-the-ever-wild-isbn-9781836730071","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}