'The kind of fantasy adventure I have always loved: evocative and imaginative and destined to be a classic'
- Garth Nix
'A stunning adventure story - masterly storytelling from Kiran Millwood Hargrave'
- Cressida Cowell
'Fierce, lyrical and compulsively readable; an earth-shattering fantasy'
- Piers Torday
'The Wolf Queen herself is majestically ambiguous, sometimes magnetic and inspiring, sometimes chilling. And every adventure is better with giant sea wolves'
- Frances Hardinge
'Bold, breathtaking and unbelievably beautiful fantasy'
- A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series
'A truly epic fantasy adventure, full of wild magic, fierce bravery and the incredible power of love. I was utterly swept away by this masterpiece!'
- Catherine Doyle
'Kiran Millwood Hargrave has crafted a wholly original world full of wild magic and thrilling adventure. The story sings and soars with her gorgeous, lyrical prose. This is a book to treasure'
- Katie Tsang
'Lyrical and engrossing from the first line'
- Lizzie Huxley-Jones
'This is a lyrical masterwork - an epic adventure woven from myth and magic, friendship and darkness. I loved it!'
- Struan Murray
'The award-winning Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a class act embarking on an engrossing fantasy trilogy with In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen. Unlikely heroine Ysolda is made homeless by an earthquake and the arrival of the Wolf Queen's feared Ryders. Catapulted into a quest to rescue her imprisoned healer sister, she has to connive and plot to get near the answer to why everything is dying. Nuanced and varied female characters power this gripping, evocative plot about power-lust and the natural world in disarray.'
- The Observer
'The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen celebrates magic, nature and adventure'
- The Guardian
'Part natural phenomenon, part myth, this immersive adventure is luscious and dark'
- The Daily Mail
'This fantasy is one of the autumn's most exciting new books'
- The Week Junior
'Animals and ancient magic thrill in the first of a new trilogy'
- i weekend
'This tale of adventure and magic is as brave as it is exciting'
- The Independent