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"The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of language, and breathes that magic onto every page." - Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author. There's nothing more dangerous than an unnamed thing. When the words went away, the world changed.. All meaning was lost, and every border fell. Monsters slipped from dreams to haunt the waking while ghosts wandered the land in futile reveries. Only with the rise of the committees of the named - Maps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Names - could the people stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. They built borders around their world and within their minds, shackled ghosts and hunted monsters, and went to war against the unknown.. For one unnamed courier of the Names Committee, the task of delivering new words preserves her place in a world that fears her.
About the Author
Jedediah Berry's first novel, The Manual of Detection, won the Crawford Fantasy Award and the Dashiell Hammett Prize. His short stories have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best New American Voices and Best American Fantasy. He currently teaches at Bard College.
