Lesley Glaister brings all her literary storytelling skills to this dark and magical fantasy about a young girl, Tula, who inhabits a frightening world where hiding your differences may be the only way to survive and trusting the wrong person can be fatal.Packed with twists and turns and exploring the timely issues of betrayal, resistance, the strength of love and the intricacies of teenage relationships, Aphra’s Child will capture the attention and admiration of readers who savour accomplished fantasy coupled with bewitching writing that echoes Philip Pullman, JK Rowling and Joan Aitkin.
‘Gillian Flynn meets Erin Kelly with Patricia Highsmith’s talent for brevity’
– Sam Baker, Harpers Bazaar
‘Glaister’s novels always appear to be as effortless for her to write as they for us to read’
– The Times
‘Glaister has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on things we most fear, of exposing the darkness within’
– Independent on Sunday