The silver bough
By: Lisa Tuttle
Publisher: Jo Fletcher
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9781780874395
Description: Appleton is a small town nestled on the coast of Scotland. Though it was once famous for the apples it produced, these days it's a shadow of its former self. But in a hidden orchard a golden apple dangles from a silver bough, an apple believed lost forever. The apple is part of a legend, promising either eternal happiness to the young couple who eat from it secure in their love - or a curse, for those who take its gift for granted. Now the town teeters on the edge of decline. The old rituals have been forgotten and the mists are rolling in. But in the mist, something is stirring...
Notes: Originally published: New York: Bantam, 2006.