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Irish Book Awards: nominated for DAA Children’s Book of the Year (Senior)
Irish Book Awards: nominated for the IES Newcomer of the Year
Reading Association of Ireland Book Award
Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
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Green Flag: For readers aged 12+. Young adult fiction
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THIS YEAR’S MOST EXCITING CROSSOVER TITLE A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom. Which one would you sacrifice? This compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance is a winning combination of imagination, powerful storytelling and magnificent characters. Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke returns home after a five-year sojourn in the bleak Northlands. All has changed in her absence. Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice: stay and bow to the King’s will, or abandon her ailing father and join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to restore the fragile kingdom to its former stability. But this changed kingdom is a dangerous place, where all resistance is brutally suppressed and the trio constantly risk assassination, torture or imprisonment. Atmospheric and intriguing, evokes an enchanting and convincing other world – love, treachery, jealousy, tenderness, war, wisdom and court life are all vividly depicted.
Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, The Poison Throne is a gothic tale of intrigue, adventure and romance which draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.
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Chapter 1: The Voiceless Cat
Chapter 2: Shearing's Ghost
The Author Speaks
About Into the Grey:
Reading Club discussion points for Into the Grey
Links
The Moorehawke Trilogy website
Celine's personal website
Celine's blog
Cover Gallery: other covers for this book
Praise for The Poison Throne
'Kiernan will stun you with her debut novel, as her extraordinarily drawn characters invite themselves into your head for a nice visit. With deep societal intrigue and political machinations at the fore, her investment in the "what if" of medieval Europe is sure to captivate. You won't put this book down before it is through with you.' RT Books Review
'Told with great assurance and attention to detail, this is an exciting fast-paced story - very much anchored in the fears, loyalties and vulnerabilities of its sympathetically drawn characters. It makes for an absorbing read - Kiernan's plotting keeps the pages turning nicely. In quieter moments, she shows an acute sense of how to build tension, and when to twist the knife.' SFX Magazine
'engages her readers in a carefully-realised semi-fantastical adventure fraught with familial and political tensions and a graphic violence that is never gratuitous but more a release of the emotional tensions generated by the novel’s main themes' Sunday Independent
’Teen novel that will baroque your world ... all the ingredients of an international bestseller ... the writing is extraordinary ... recommended for both teen and adult readers’ Irish Independent
'Striking debut novel, a fascinating historical fantasy characterized by vivid, colourful writing.' The Irish Times
'power of the writing, the concentration and the wonderful attention to detail.' Sunday Independent
Robert Dunbar’s Top 30 Children’s books of 2008 'An excellent historical fantasy.' The Irish Times
'much-acclaimed first book in the Moorehawk trilogy.' Sunday Tribune
'an impressive stylish debut.' Irish Independent
'Well-delivered messages of friendship, familial love and tolerance.' Sunday Business Post
‘a spectacular fantasy by a prolific, creative and multi-talented artist and author’ The Anglo Celt
‘This is marvellous, vivid writing, and storytelling at its absolute best. It reminded me of the first time I read Philip Pullman - I was utterly engrossed’ Roddy Doyle
'Kiernan has a great sense of theatricality at her fingertips: the story unfolds and is revealed at exactly the most climatic moment . . . Kiernan is masterly in her storytelling.' Inis Magazine, Winter 2008
'beautifully written ... Celine Kiernan is a superb writer ... Atmosphere oozes from every page' Books Ireland
'one of the strongest emerging authors in Ireland.' The Clare Champion
'The narrator’s voice is strong and the writing stylish. An excellent story from a debut Irish author' CBI’s Bookfest, Recommended Reading Guide
‘I was amazed to find such excellence of style and plot from a debut author. I couldn’t stop reading the story until I was finished, and was left dying for more’ Antonena Gall, AST, Russia’s largest publisher
‘Do you remember that sensation of growing incredulity as you read on through a manuscript? I mean that feeling of absolute happiness that an editor experiences when she realises she is not reading a few rough pages from a would-be writer, but the polished work of a narrator with a strong voice. A writer who has reached her destination. That was what I felt as I entered Celine Kiernan’s universe’ Claudia Casanova, Grupo Planeta, Spain
'The beginning of what promises to be a powerful trilogy with YA crossover appeal, this epic starts strong and doesn't falter one iota, ending with a cliffhanger that will leave readers demanding more.' Publisher's Weekly
'Atmospheric, complex, and intense' Publisher's Weekly
Reader reviews
''The Poison Throne' is a great book because the descriptions are fascinating and the characters are very well prepared. You don't know everything about them or their feelings (except Winter) and that is what gives the book a touch of mystery and attraction'
Celia Celia
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