The tales are beautifully illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust, Sandman, The Books of Earthsea). These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.ĭark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making.

Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. The beauty of stories you never know where they will take you. Harris Illustrated by Charles Vess Hardcover LIST PRICE 32.00 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. Once more, the Queen stirred in her sleep once more, the bees sang her to sleep. While she was sleeping, the bees returned, and took another hundred eyes, leaving a hundred bees in their place.

Perfect for fans of Sandman, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye, Piranesi and The Midnight Library, this tour de force is a beautiful achievement, from two exceptional creators at the top of their game.A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust). The song of the bees was so comforting that the Spider Queen fell asleep again.

Turn the page, and be swept up in the adventure. Each original tale is a small piece of the larger picture - a clue or a message, a theme, or a warning - interwoven with the tale of the Lacewing King as he travels the Worlds and encounters a multitude of characters: a toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife a princess whose heart is won by words, not actions a tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the vengeful Spider Queen, and deadly Harlequin. Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that's been years in the making. The beauty of stories is that you never know where they will take you. Long ago and far away, Far away and long ago, The World was honeycomb, we know, The Worlds were honeycomb. Harris (The Gospel of Loki, Chocolat), beautifully illustrated by the multiple award-winning Charles Vess (Stardust, The Books of Earthsea). An astonishing, richly interwoven story from #1 bestselling author Joanne M.

Honeycomb by joanne harris