Menewood (signed copy pre-order)

by Nicola Griffith

(MCD, hardcover, 2023)

Available October 3, 2023

In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change.

Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking's court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable Lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood.

But Edwin needs his most trusted advisor. Old alliances are fraying. Younger rivals are snapping at his heels. War is brewing--bitter war, winter war. Not knowing who to trust, he becomes volatile and unpredictable. Hild begins to understand the true extent of the chaos ahead, and now she must navigate the turbulence and fight to protect both the kingdom and her own people.

Hild will face the losses and devastation of total war, and then she must find a new strength, the implacable determination to forge a radically different path for herself and her people. In the valley, her last redoubt, her community slowly takes root. She trains herself and her unexpected allies in new ways of thinking as she prepares for one last wager: risking all on a single throw for a better future...

In the last decade, Hild has become a beloved classic of epic storytelling.Menewoodpicks up where that journey left off, and exceeds it in every way.

Nicola Griffith (she/her) is a dual UK/US citizen living in Seattle. She is the author of over half a dozen novels, including Spear, Hild, and So Lucky, and her books have won the Nebula Award, the Washington State Book Award, the Otherwise/Tiptree Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Lambda Literary Award (six times). Her shorter work has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, and The New York Times, among other publications. Griffith is the founder and cohost of #CripLit, holds a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, and enjoys a ferocious bout of wheelchair boxing. She is married to the novelist and screenwriter Kelley Eskridge.