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The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic is a collection of six stories that act as folk tales for the Grisha universe by Leigh Bardugo. It contains three short stories previously published as ebooks, along with three brand-new tales. Each of them are illustrated with art by Sara Kipin that changes with each turn of the page, culminating in six full-spread illustrations that summarize each tale.

Blurb[]

Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.

Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price.

Contents[]

Zemeni[]

Ravkan[]

Kerch[]

Fjerdan[]

Characters[]

Ayama and the Thorn Wood[]

The Too-Clever Fox[]

The Witch of Duva[]

Little Knife[]

The Soldier Prince[]

When Water Sang Fire[]

Gallery[]

Art[]

Covers[]

International covers[]

Trivia[]

  • The Witch of Duva is the story in the collection that inspired the book, and debuted on Tor.com in 2012.
  • Some stories are inspired by classic European fairy tales, with additional elements mixed in:
    • Ayama and the Thorn Wood contains elements reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella.
    • The Witch of Duva is inspired by Hansel and Gretel.[1]
    • The Soldier Prince is inspired by The Velveteen Rabbit[1] and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
    • When Water Sang Fire is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, as a prequel from the point of view of the Sea Witch Ursula.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Language of Thorns, Author's Note
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