Sycorax : a captivating reimagining of Shakespeare's most powerful witch

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Author: Nydia HetheringtonMyth & legend told as fictionPublished on 26 February 2026 by Quercus Publishing in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 400 pages, N/A197 x 130 x 28 | 280g Bor n of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . .They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress.Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . .With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all?A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare's The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air.Readers are LOVING Sycorax'Spellbinding and empowering' ?????'A truly beautiful and heart-breaking story' ?????'I couldn't put it down!' ????? Show more