{"product_id":"the-truth-of-heldernesse","title":"The Truth of Heldernesse","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe Truth of Heldernesse, Book One of the Heldernesse Chronicles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKatherine Arden’s, The Bear and the Nightingale meets the Handmaid’s Tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe Pledge of Paragon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eI pledge allegiance to the Isle of Paragon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eI believe in the purity of single births\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eI give thanks for stability and protection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003efrom the abomination of doubles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e On the Isle of Paragon, the Ministry’s pledge governs life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut Talitha breaks every word of it when her younger sister gives birth to forbidden twin girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThey flee into the Heldernesse Forest where a hidden settlement survives beyond the Ministry’s reach and Talitha uncovers a truth that could shatter the Ministry’s grip on the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Ministry calls them doubles. In the forest they are simply twins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBefore Paragon there was Heldernesse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHeldernesse Remembers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e There are no dragons, elves or wizards in the world of Heldernesse, just identical female twins with supernatural qualities who the Ministry who wants to eradicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e I write epic fantasy fiction about control, hierarchy and the resilience of women in pre-industrial worlds shaped by ideology and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dallimore Days","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67813524177200,"sku":"9781066892105","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781066892105.jpg?v=1789754860","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-truth-of-heldernesse","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}