Sleep Like Death
From the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella is Dead
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 25 June 2024
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- $12.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Cinderella is dead, but Snow White fights on ...
New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the fairytale realm of Cinderella is Dead with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White.
Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer who terrorises Queen's Bridge with his wicked magic. Far too many of her subjects have been devastated by the Knight's trickery but Eve's own unique magic – the ability to conjure weapons from nature – makes her a worthy adversary.
As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle. But her mother, Queen Regina, has been acting bizarrely, talking to a strange mirror alone every night. Then a young man claiming to be the Knight's messenger appears and shares a shocking truth about Eve's past. Unsure of who to trust or what to do next, Eve must find the courage to fight. But will it be enough to save her family and her queendom?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bayron (Cinderella Is Dead) delivers a haunting fairy tale in this atmospheric "Snow White" reimagining. Almost-17-year-old Eve, the brown-skinned daughter of Queens Regina and Sanaa, is Regina's "right hand, her fury." All her life, Eve has trained her magic and martial talents to serve the people of her mothers' queendom, Queen's Bridge. She has also sworn to protect Queen's Bridge from its mortal enemy, the malevolent figure known as the Knight ("The Knight is not a queen or any other sort of royalty. He is not even a man. He is a myth made real. A monster"). Whomever asks the Knight to grant their wish is at risk of suffering his perverse wrath, as when he transforms Queen Saana into a songbird after she wishes for a beautiful singing voice. As the Knight draws closer, Eve acts—with disastrous consequences. She later confronts the Knight's beautiful emissary Nova, from whom she learns a devastating secret about her past. Elongated buildup results in a somewhat precipitous denouement. Nevertheless, via lightly horror-tinged prose, Bayron fashions the beguiling plot, populated by adeptly hewn characters, into a suitable entry to the canon of fairy tale remixes. Ages 13–up.
