The Queen 'neath the Hedge came from nowhere, from out of reed and nightshade. She conquered two worlds and entwined them together, Britain to the Other Realm - home of the mysterious Umbra. Four hundred years after her death, every Britain is still mortally bonded to an Umbra. But now her treaty is unravelling and Georgian England's salons and ballrooms are haunted by a rumour: 'She's coming back.' Everyone is trying to stop her, but there's a problem: no one knows who, or where, or what she is.

❈ Watty's 2019 Fantasy Winner ❈ 'I'll take pride over power and guts over greed'. The five nations of Schamaria have been in conflict for many years now. With a war breaking out and the continent being divided into two sides, irreversible damage and stigmas on the earth and the people are inevitable. But when a royal heirloom -- which happens to contain the secret to gaining magical and elemental abilities -- is stolen from the Seyali Palace, the raging flame of the battle is only fueled. A gang leader, a thief, a magic manipulator, a spy, a traitor to the crown; they know nothing about each other, yet they must come together to find the Kingfisher before everyone else. When dark secrets and unseen connections are revealed, when greed lays its golden claws on the adventurers' hearts, and when it all becomes a game of power and deception, will they be able to reach their goal? Five strangers. Five motives. One target. ⸻ Long chapters ahead! Word count ⇢ 117,363