<p><b><u>THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NYT BESTSELLING NOVEL, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN</u></b><br><br><b>''A love letter to stories - and to everyone silenced or forgotten in their retelling.''</b> Allison Saft, author of<i> A Far Wilder Magic</i><br><br>Effy has always believed in fairy tales. She''s had no choice. Since childhood, she''s been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She''s found solace only in the pages of <i>Angharad</i> - a beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him.<br><br>Effy''s tattered copy is all that''s keeping her afloat through her stifling first term her prestigious architecture college. So when the late author''s family announces a contest to design his house, Effy fells certain this is her destiny.<br><br>But Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task: a musty, decrepit estate on the brink of crumbling into a hungry sea. And when Effy arrives, she finds she isn''t the only one who''s made a tempo