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A debut atmospheric fantasy, think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic. Morgan thinks her nightmares are over when she moves to Weir Hinny with her archaeologist father. She even befriends a local boy, Joe Harper, whose secrets seem as tangled as hers.

And for a while, their time together is magic. But when her father begins work on an ancient burial site, Morgan's bad dreams return. With every relic he unearths, she sees a creeping horror emerge.

A binding curse that binds them all . . .

The debut novel from the Times/Chicken House 2023 award winner, historian and professor Marisa Linton. A stand-alone YA contemporary fantasy novel with folk horror elements, set in a creepy rural village. Spells, legends, druids and all things supernatural.

Paperback  

Publication: 8 May 2025, Chicken House 
ISBN: 9781915947765

Extent: 464
pages

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The Binding Spell by Marisa Linton

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      A debut atmospheric fantasy, think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic. Morgan thinks her nightmares are over when she moves to Weir Hinny with her archaeologist father. She even befriends a local boy, Joe Harper, whose secrets seem as tangled as hers.

      And for a while, their time together is magic. But when her father begins work on an ancient burial site, Morgan's bad dreams return. With every relic he unearths, she sees a creeping horror emerge.

      A binding curse that binds them all . . .

      The debut novel from the Times/Chicken House 2023 award winner, historian and professor Marisa Linton. A stand-alone YA contemporary fantasy novel with folk horror elements, set in a creepy rural village. Spells, legends, druids and all things supernatural.

      Paperback  

      Publication: 8 May 2025, Chicken House 
      ISBN: 9781915947765

      Extent: 464
      pages

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