Honno Ltd

Everyone expects miracles from the village huder Cerys Steadman. She can command every living thing in Mervale with her voice, yet still struggles to be heard. After her mother dies saving the village from the Iron Crow, Cerys carries the weight of inherited duty. Bound to the land by ancient magic, she refuses to pass on her burden, resisting marriage, motherhood, and even the use of her power - except in dire need. When a terrified stranger appears at her door and signs of a returning enemy appear, old tensions erupt. Cerys finds herself more isolated than ever - until she realises she doesn't have to fight alone. Rich with folklore, dragons and village politics, it is a tale of resistance and transformation from a rising voice in fantasy fiction. Killing Hares is a compelling high fantasy novel about maternal love, duty and the quiet magic of choosing your own path.

Talk of witchcraft, convictions and hangings begin to cross the border from England, reaching and influencing gentry families and villagers alike. Told from the perspective of Doli Maredudd, a naive but headstrong young gentry woman living in the outskirts of the fictional Llyngwrach on the border of Wales. Having suffered her third miscarriage, Doli seeks the help of mysterious local wise-woman and healer Sara Gwen, who is able to offer her a fertility charm. When a servant finds this charm, amidst rising gossip and accusations of witchcraft, aspersions are cast against Sara Gwen by Doli''s husband Hywel, who is keen to gain favour with other gentility and noblemen across the country.

Set in 2056, After The Clearances is a gripping cli-fi novel that explores the impacts of climate change through a story of loyalty and revenge. The Seeders, a self-sufficient community, flee to a remote Welsh island to escape the government''s repressive Clearances, and cultivate a new way of living. But 13-year-old Seeder, Glesni, suspects her family is hiding something. When Sandy, a vengeful mainlander, washes ashore, Glesni is drawn to search for a truth that threatens to put those she loves at risk and maybe even jeopardize the whole community. Meanwhile, on the mainland, fugitive Winter finds an unlikely friendship with a wild woman living off the land. How are their fates connected?

The young lovers Gertrude Fitzhammons and Anarawd Gwynne are caught between their fathers'' mutual antagonism. Eventually, Gertrudes'' adoptive father, the retired sea captain Ricardo Lewis, is forced to flee Britain due to the machinations of old squire Gwynne and Lewis''s mortal enemy, Lord Morlif. At the same time, Anarawd is sent abroad in the hope that he forgets his sweetheart. After several years apart, their separate fates lead them to meet again in Naples during the spring revolutions of 1848. After Lewis''s betrayal to his death on the republican barricades, a broken-hearted Gertrude returns to her Welsh home. Will Anarawd follow her or seek his fortune abroad in the British Army? Loosely inspired by social and agricultural advancements in the district around the author''s home in Porthmadog, Country Landlords (1860) looks at the relationship between the landed gentry and ordinary country population in the early nineteenth-century.

Laura, a brilliant young Bosnian refugee, must confront her harrowing past when she falls in love with British diplomat Adam, whose job takes them to Serbia - the country that once invaded her own. With Adam preoccupied in his pursuit of war criminal General Ratko Mladic, Laura is troubled by familiar ghostly figures whose reminiscences about the city she once fled hold a dangerous allure. Can they help her? Or is she losing her mind? As Laura grapples with these hidden secrets, she uncovers a defiant power within herself. Poised on the edge of magic realism, this is a story for our time, about the dark legacy of war and the unexpected roads that lead to redemption.