When something fell from the something tree all the words went away. And the world changed.
Monsters slipped from dreams. The land began to shift and ghosts wandered the world in trances.
Only with the rise of the named and their committees-Maps Ghosts Dreams and Names-could
humanity stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. Now they build borders shackle
ghosts and hunt monsters. The nameless are to be fought and feared. One unnamed courier of the
names committee travels aboard the Number Twelve train assigning names to the people and
things that need them. Her position on the train grants her safety in a world that otherwise
fears her. But when she accidentally pulls a monster from a dream and attacks by the nameless
rock the Number Twelve she is forced to flee. Accompanied by a patchwork ghost a fretful
monster and a nameless animal who prowls the borders between realities she sets out to look
for her long-lost sister. Her search for the truth of her own life opens the door to a
revolutionary future-for the words she carries will reshape the world. At once a love letter to
the power of language and an exploration of its limits The Naming Song is the perfect fantasy
for anyone who's ever dreamed of a stranger freer more magical world.
