The Spider's Gift

Every resident of Reddish risks being cursed. Any stranger is under suspicion. The egg of the curse ripens in the soul of the curser, soaking up hatred until they are ready to unleash it upon the victim. And then the... cursed has only one chance for salvation. Kellen is capable of unraveling curses. Thus, he saved Nettle, turned into a heron — restoring her human form. Now they travel together across Reddish, saving the inhabitants. One day, someone curses Kellen himself, and all suspicions fall on Nettle... What if his unique gift is actually a curse?

In every book by Frances Harding, there is mysticism and fantasy, but the foundation of any plot is always the ordinary life of people - a child trying to find their place in the world, a person trying to decide what is good and what is bad... This book will teach you a lot. You will enjoy the beautiful literary language that characterizes the works of the renowned writer Frances Harding. It is no coincidence that her novel "The Lie Tree" has been awarded the prestigious Costa Prize and has become "Book of the Year."