A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro. "
The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of language and breathes that magic onto
every page." -Holly Black #1 New York Times bestseller There's nothing more dangerous than
an unnamed thing When the words went away the world changed. All meaning was lost and
every border fell. Monsters slipped from dreams to haunt the waking while ghosts wandered the
land in futile reveries. Only with the rise of the committees of the named-Maps Ghosts Dreams
and Names-could the people stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. They built borders
around their world and within their minds shackled ghosts and hunted monsters and went to war
against the unknown. For one unnamed courier of the Names Committee the task of delivering
new words preserves her place in a world that fears her. But after a series of monstrous
attacks on the named she is forced to flee her committee and seek her long-lost sister.
Accompanied by a patchwork ghost a fretful monster and a nameless animal who prowls the
shadows her search for the truth of her past opens the door to a revolutionary future-for the
words she carries will reshape the world. The Naming Song is a book of deep secrets and
marvelous discoveries strange adventures and dangerous truths. It's the story of a world
locked in a battle over meaning. Most of all it's the perfect fantasy for anyone who's ever
dreamed of a stranger freer more magical world.
