The second book in the acclaimed Torch Trilogy, set in a future dystopia with star-crossed lovers, impossible friendships, and forbidden power.Welcome to a world where songlight is either your greatest power—or your greatest curse.Lark has fled Northaven with her mother and is urgently seeking a safe haven. Nightingale is being held captive and forced to use her songlight against her own people.Piper has been promoted up the ranks, ...

Introducing the EXPLOSIVE first book in the Torch Trilogy - the hottest release of the decade!'Urgent. Ambitious. Mesmerising.' THE TIMES'Feels like the start of something big.' SFX'One of the most gripping reads of 2024.' SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND'One of the best YA dystopias in years.' BOOKSELLER'One of the most compulsive reads...

The second book in the acclaimed Torch Trilogy, set in a future dystopia with star-crossed lovers, impossible friendships, and forbidden power.Welcome to a world where songlight is either your greatest power—or your greatest curse.Lark has fled Northaven with her mother and is urgently seeking a safe haven. Nightingale is being held captive and forced to use her songlight against her own people.Piper has been promoted up the ranks, ...

A deliciously black satirical comedy about the dinner party from hell.The fastidious host, Paige, decides to throw a dinner party in honour of her husband Lars, who is celebrating the success of his pop psychology book, Beyond Belief. She carefully plans a surprise menu that will mark the occasion, and anxiously checks with the waiter she has employed to make sure that everything is perfectly prepared. Her lucky guests include a post-feminist vegetarian artist, a distingui...

LOVE. POWER. RESISTANCE ...In a world where songlight is either your greatest gift or your greatest curse, the Brethren are tightening their power. But Torches are finding ways to commune.LARK is on the run. She has lost all contact with Rye, but nothing is going to stop her finding him. NIGHTINGALE is a prisoner, working to free herself from Sister Swan's gilded cage. RYE is crossing the ocean on a journey to the dangerous unknown. He will do anything to g...

Dinner'A cracking black comedy that has you laughing uproariously one moment and jumping with shock the next . . . For those with strong stomachs, Dinner offers a delicious feast of comedy and the macabre.' Daily TelegraphDying for It'A subversive Russian classic: one that addresses the ultimate question of "why live?"' Guardian'The play, freely adapted by Moira Buffini, presents a glorious gallery o...

What on earth is happening to our planet? And who knows what to do? Certainties are few: every living thing is related to every other living thing; our actions have consequences; change is continual and inevitable.The National Theatre asked four of the country's most exciting writers to investigate. The team spent six months interviewing key individuals from the worlds of science, politics, business and philosophy to create a fast-paced and provocative new play.Gree...

A collection of wide-ranging and ambitious short plays reflecting the complexities of women and political power in the United Kingdom.The four plays published here look back to the moments in history when women possessed - or achieved - power, and what they did with it.The Milliner and the Weaver by Marie Jones, about the Suffragette movement in Ireland, as the question of Home Rule divides the nation.The Lioness by Rebecca Lenkiewicz is about Quee...

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutal post-apocalyptic world make this first in a trilogy utterly unforgettable.We’re two songs joined. And there’s a word for that. A harmony.Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself—her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift of songlight. She buries that secret deep inside. In Brightland, those with songlight are called Unhum...

LOVE. POWER. RESISTANCE ...In a world where songlight is either your greatest gift or your greatest curse, the Brethren are tightening their power. But Torches are finding ways to commune.LARK is on the run. She has lost all contact with Rye, but nothing is going to stop her finding him. NIGHTINGALE is a prisoner, working to free herself from Sister Swan's gilded cage. RYE is crossing the ocean on a journey to the dangerous unknown. He will do anything to g...

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutally unforgiving world make this first in a trilogy utterly unforgettable.We’re two songs joined. And there’s a word for that. A harmony.Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself—her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift of songlight. She buries that secret deep inside. In Brightland, those with songlight are called Unhumans...

The stunning final book in the acclaimed Torch Trilogy, perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Margaret Atwood, and Adrienne Young, set in a future dystopia in which two girls hundreds of miles apart are bound by songlight, the forbidden ability to telepathically communicate.