num_pages: 368
description: Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation she comes to claim a companion to return with her  never to be seen again. Now that time is drawing near once more...Mina daughter of the duke is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald. So when the Witch demands her next companion Mina offers herself up  though she has no idea what fate awaits her. Stranded with her darkly alluring captor the mystery of what happened to the previous companions draws Mina into the heart of a terrifying secret that could save her life or end it.
language: English
title: Bitterthorn
publisher: Andersen Press