The Butcher of the Forest
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4.1 • 47 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times
“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—The Washington Post
"The Grimm brothers can’t hold a candle to Premee Mohamed and her fever dream of a fantasy novella."—Polygon
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.
At the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless foreign tyrant lies a wild, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic.
Veris Thorn—the only one to ever enter the forest and survive—is forced to go back inside to retrieve the tyrant's missing children. Inside await traps and trickery, ancient monsters, and hauntings of the past.
One day is all Veris is afforded. One misstep will cost everything.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mohamed (the Void trilogy) turns from cosmic horror to dark fantasy in an enchanting, bite-size adventure that will put readers in mind of Robert Holdstock's classic Mythago Wood. Legend has it that an otherworldly realm full of mysterious humanoid creatures exists deep within Elmever forest, but no one who's gone into the woods has ever returned to confirm or deny these rumors—save for Veris Thorn, who, before the start of the novel, saved a child from the forest, though it was more a feat of luck than skill. When Eleonor and Aram, the children of a cruel emperor referred to only as the Tyrant, disappear into the woods, the Tyrant gives Vern 24 hours to bring them back. If she fails, the Tyrant will kill her family and raze her village. This tense quest through the eerie and atmospheric forest propels the story forward at a breakneck pace. Though the page count doesn't leave much room for character development, lending the cast a flat, fairy tale-like quality, it's easy to buy into the high stakes. Readers will be rapt.
Customer Reviews
Well written, very dark
If you like your fairy tales grim, don’t miss it. Well written, and also too dark for me.
Beautifully written
A simple and effective fantasy that takes inventory of every word. Paced perfectly with a satisfying conclusion. As someone who grew up wandering around dark forests this book was a welcome return to that hidden beauty.
So disappointing
The author had a great plot, she lost it about halfway through. The title doesn’t even make sense. The ending was awful, I am thoroughly disappointed.