The Second Bell
London : Angry Robot, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: 300 pages ; 22 cm
"In an isolated mountain community, sometimes a child is born with two hearts. This child is called a striga and is considered a demon who must be abandoned on the edge of the forest. The child's mother must then decide to leave with her infant, or stay and try to forget. Miriat made the choice to leave nineteen years ago with Salka, her striga, and live a life of deprivation and squalor in an isolated village. The striga tribe share the human belief that to follow the impulses of their other hearts is dangerous, inviting unspoken horrors and bringing ruin onto them all. Salka, a headstrong and independent young woman, finds herself in a life threatening situation that forces her to explore the depths of her true nature and test the bonds between mother and child."--Publisher.
Subjects:
Mother and child -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Villages -- Fiction.
Monsters -- Fiction.
Folklore -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Mother and child -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Villages -- Fiction.
Monsters -- Fiction.
Folklore -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780857668905
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Houston | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
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"An Angry Robot paperback original, 2021" --Title page verso.
Includes excerpt from Under the pendulum sun by Jeannette Ng.
Includes excerpt from Under the pendulum sun by Jeannette Ng.