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The Blighted Reeds
A Fantasy Novel by Tilly Wallace
Book 4 of the Leaf and Scale Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dark Fantasy,
- Folklore-Inspired,
- Ghost Story,
- Small Town,
- Female Friendship
This book is for you if you're into...
- Haunted rivers with secrets that refuse to stay buried
- Botanical magic entwined with grief and old tragedies
- Female investigators piecing together lost stories in eerie villages
The river remembers…and it wants its story told.
A desperate letter draws Fern Oakby to Witherby, where unnatural reeds are choking the river and the wind through their stalks sounds unnervingly like a warning. The adults hear whistling. The children hear music.
With Millie, Squib, and Eurydice at her side, Fern expects a troubling botanical puzzle. Instead, she finds a village holding its breath, a waterway gone silent of fish and birds, and a mystery rooted in old magic, grief, and danger. The reeds are spreading, the song grows stronger after dusk, and whatever waits beneath the water is not finished calling.
To save Witherby, Fern must untangle the truth before the river claims another soul.
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