Witchshadow

**Witchshadow** is the fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Witchlands series by Susan Dennard.

## Summary

Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling, young adult epic fantasy Witchlands series continues with Witchshadow, the story of the Threadwitch Iseult.

War has come to the Witchlands . . . and nothing will be the same again.

Iseult has found her heartsister Safi at last, but their reunion is brief. For Iseult to stay alive, she must flee Cartorra while Safi remains. And though Iseult has plans to save her friend, they will require her to summon magic more dangerous than anything she has ever faced before.

Meanwhile, the Bloodwitch Aeduan is beset by forces he cannot understand. And Vivia—rightful queen of Nubrevna—finds herself without a crown or home.

As villains from legend reawaken across the Witchlands, only the mythical Cahr Awen can stop the gathering war. Iseult could embrace this power and heal the land, but first she must choose on which side of the shadows her destiny will lie.

## Teaser

The Rook watches from an oak branch.

His feathers rustle. His beak clacks. It has been a long time since he saw the Sun and the Moon come together.

It has been even longer since he saw them heal a Well.

A hundred people attend, arranged in stiff rows around the wide pond. Some have weapons, most have uniforms, and all have bored scowls. Behind them, long dormant beech trees stand sentry. Six—always six.

Snow fell in the night, a light dusting that has turned the pine forest to fragile white. But it never touches the Well, nor the mossy flagstones surrounding it, nor the beech trees waiting to come alive.

The people call the Sun ‘Domna.’ They call the Moon nothing at all. Both girls wear matching brown shifts that come to their knees, but this is where their likeness ends. The Sun, with her golden hair, is annoyed and does not try to hide it; the Moon, with her black hair, is impassive, all her feelings and thoughts kept tucked away behind lucent nothing.

She reminds the Rook of someone he knew long ago. Someone who broke the world just to make it new again.

## External Links

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* On her Instagram, Susan Dennard announces the pushed back release date to June 22, 2021 (previously February 16, 2021) due to sensitivity reader feedback.
	+ *I have news. It’s not ”good” news, and I hate to disappoint people...But #Witchshadow is getting delayed to June 22, 2021 (in the US. I don’t know in the UK yet). In the spirit of full transparency, this was MY decision! I asked @TorTeen to delay the book because I received sensitivity reader feedback that required more of an overhaul than I had time to do well. This is entirely on me, 1) for writing something potentially harmful, and 2) for getting feedback so late in the publication process. I tried to rewrite the POV in time to hit the needed deadlines for a February release, but...I just couldn’t do it. Not with the respect and attention that this character deserves. I have never in my life asked for a book to be delayed, and I fought so hard to finish this one for you. Throughout a very hard pregnancy and a much harder postpartum, I pushed and pushed. And then through full-time-new-momming and shingles! But when my husband was exposed to Covid at work, it was just the straw that broke my back. I could not do this character justice in the few hours I had to work each day. I hope you aren’t too disappointed and can understand why I made the choice I made. And I'm sorry—truly—that you have to wait longer for Iseult's story. But I promise, I didn't make this choice lightly and the book will be so, so much better for it. 💚*