num_pages: 281
description:  Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight of haunted towns and hungry woods of talking beasts and gingerbread golems where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.Inspired by myth fairy tale and folklore #1 New York Timesbestselling author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals revenge sacrifice and love.Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans these tales will transport you to lands both familiar and strangeto a fully realized world of dangerous magic that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.This collection of six stories includes three brand-new tales all of them lavishly illustrated with art that changes with each turn of the page culminating in six stunning full-spread illustrations as rich in detail as the stories themselves.Zemeni Ayama and the Thorn Wood --Ravkan The too-clever fox --The witch of Duva --Little knife --Kerch The soldier prince --Fjerdan When water sang fire
language: English
title: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
publisher: Imprint