Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus meets Helen Oyeyemi's Mr Fox in this dark fantasy tale
infused with mystery and threat. From the multi-award-winning author of The Migration comes
the story of a young woman and her grandmother living in the shadow of an endless war where
the painted glamour of the circus hides a world of seduction violence cruelty and revenge.
Sara Sidorova lies dying. As she hovers between life and death she receives a visitation from
Amba the tiger god who will devour creation if he is released from the chains that bind him.
Amba gives Sara Sidorova an extraordinary gift: a glimpse into the future. Years later her
granddaughter Irenda will grow up in a wartorn country where survival means obedience. When a
devastating attack robs her of her mother she travels to Hrana City. There her grandmother
agrees to teach her the ultimate secret: how to tame death. But it won?t be easy? In the
circus that offers her first taste of power Irenda will have to tame another tiger if she is
to survive. Amongst the magicians the strongmen and the contortionists she will start down a
dangerous road to carry out a revenge decades in the making... and bring justice into the
world for herself and for her family. Rich with glamour and strangeness brutality and deceit
and the dark magic of the circus this haunting fable will chill your bones and make your heart
ache.
