Silenced -- Ann Claycomb, Paperback

A powerful fairy tale of four women each cursed by the same abusive man. Gripping and essential, it will captivate readers of Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Heather Walter's Malice and Menna van Praag's The Sisters Grimm.

Four women. Four enchantments. One man. But he is no handsome prince, and this is no sugar-sweet fairy tale. Jo, Abony, Ranjani, and Maia all have something in common: they have each been cursed by the CEO of their workplace after he abused his power to prey on them. He wants them silent and uses his sinister dark magic to keep them quiet about what he did. But Jo, Abony, Ranjani and Maia are not fairy-tale princesses waiting to be rescued. They are fierce, angry women with a bond forged in pain, and they're about to discover that they have power of their own.

In this sharply written, bitingly relevant modern fable, the magic is dark and damaging, and the women are determined to rescue themselves.

Author: Ann Claycomb
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.72h x 4.96w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781803360584

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/27/2023

About the Author
Ann Claycomb is a life-long reader and writer of fairy tales, including The Mermaid's Daughter (William Morrow, 2017), a modern-day reimagining of Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. She currently writes from Colorado, where she lives with her family, including a silly hairless dog and two enormous cats. When not writing, she is determined to master perfect brownies at high-altitude. She can be found on Twitter (@AnnClaycomb44) and Instagram (ann.claycomb).