NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "One of the year's strongest fantasy novels" (NPR) an imaginative
retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale from the bestselling author of Uprooted. NAMED ONE
OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF
THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Time • Tordotcom • Popsugar • Vox • Vulture
• Paste • Bustle • Library Journal With the Nebula Award-winning Uprooted Naomi Novik opened
a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career delving into the magic of fairy tales
to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now. Spinning Silver draws
readers deeper into this glittering realm of fantasy where the boundary between wonder and
terror is thinner than a breath and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss. Miryem is the
daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders but her father's inability to collect his debts has
left his family on the edge of poverty-until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening
her heart the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being
able to turn silver into gold. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of
the Staryk-grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh-Miryem's fate and that of two
kingdoms will be forever altered. Set an impossible challenge by the nameless king Miryem
unwittingly spins a web that draws in a peasant girl Wanda and the unhappy daughter of a
local lord who plots to wed his child to the dashing young tsar. But Tsar Mirnatius is not
what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk
alike. Torn between deadly choices Miryem and her two unlikely allies embark on a desperate
quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice power and love. Channeling the vibrant
heart of myth and fairy tale Spinning Silver weaves a multilayered magical tapestry that
readers will want to return to again and again. Praise for Spinning Silver "A perfect tale .
. . with the vastness of Tolkien and the empathy and joy in daily life of Le Guin."-The New
York Times Book Review "Gorgeous complex and magical . . . This is the kind of book that one
might wish to inhabit forever."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
