Hemlock & Silver

Author: T. Kingfisher

Fantasy romance

Published on 18 June 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 400 pages
197 x 130 | 0g

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.

‘A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic and a fantastic cat!’ – Sarah Beth Durst, author of The SpellshopHealer Anja regularly drinks poison.

Not to die, but to save – seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.

But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her.

Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow – but nothing seems to work. Nothing, that is, until she finds a secret world hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.

Or it might be the thing that kills them all . . .

‘Utterly spellbinding’ – Holly Black, author of Book of Night‘A wonderfully offbeat fantasy . . . as delightful as it is impressive’ – Heather Fawcett, author of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries*Over 6,000 Five-Star Reader Reviews!*'Eerie and tragic in the best possible way''I LOVE FAIRYTALE RETELLINGS!!! AND THIS IS WHY!!!''Couldn’t put it down!''I think I have to officially call T. Kingfisher my favourite author'Hemlock & Silver was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller the w/e 23rd August.