Juno Dawson

Her Majesty's Royal Coven (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this the first installmant of this epic fantasy trilogy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches. 'If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple.' At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls-Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle-took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and an attempted coup and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization. Yet Helena is the only one of her friend group still enmeshed in the stale bureaucracy of HMRC. Elle is trying to pretend she's a normal housewife, and Niamh has become a country vet, using her powers to heal sick animals. In what Helena percieves as the deepest betryal, Leonie has defected to start her own more inclusive and intersectional coven, Diaspora. And now Helena has a bigger problem. A young warlock of extraordinary capabilities is being detained and seems to threaten the very existence of HMRC. Everyone knows that warlocks shouldn't be this powerful and when it's revealed that Theo is transgender, it makes sense. But Helena has absolutely no intention of inducting a trans girl into HMRC, and her subsequent actions send ruptures through not only her group of friends, but the whole community - and this time, it looks like there's no turning back. Juno Dawson explores the big topics concerning women today: gender, feminism, the patriarchy and the corrupting nature of power, in an explosive, conversation-starting novel that is sharp, funny, provocative and joyous. Most of all, HMRC is the story of female friendship. Dealing with all the aspects of 30-something womanhood today, as well as being phenomenally powerful witches, Niamh, Helena, Leonie and Elle may have grown apart but they will always be bound by the sisterhood of the coven.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780593511138
• Artikelnr.: 62616285

Autorenporträt

Juno Dawson is a bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Juno's books include the global bestsellers, This Book is Gay and Clean. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US. An occasional actress and model, Juno appeared on HBO's I May Destroy You. This is her adult debut.

Rezensionen

'The story is fast-paced and impossible to put down, and over the course of the two books I started to think of the characters as new friends. Best read while listening to a nostalgic Spice Girls playlist.' Good Housekeeping

'Dawson has created your new obsession. HMRC is full of her trademark heart and humour, with a delicious slick of darkness. I fell in love with her coven - and I need the next instalment now!'

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

'HMRC is such a joy to read - the world building is incredible, the writing sophisticated, and the exploration of gender and identity is done with nuance and care. Utterly compelling'

Louise O'Neill

'I absolutely DEVOURED this and adored every word. It's a game changer. Trust me when I tell you, there will not be a better read all year' Lindsey Kelk

'It's genuinely thrilling and hair-raising. Juno is a magician' Russell T Davies

PRAISE FOR JUNO DAWSON:

'Beautiful, moving and witty'

Cecelia Ahern

'Compulsively readable and touching - I loved it'

Marian Keyes