Once Upon A Fever

Since the world fell sick, sisters Payton and Ani Darke
have lived in the hospital of King Jude’s where their father
is a methic.

Both girls are set on finding a cure for the fever that has put
their mother in an eternal sleep. 

Sensible Payton looks to scientific experiment, while impulsive
Ani is intrigued by remedies from the past - from the forbidden
wilderness beyond the hospital's walls. 

Following the discovery of a boy with gold skin being held prisoner
in the hospital cellars, fate splits the sisters apart, and
a Darke truth begins to emerge. 

• The first teen novel from Angharad Walker, author of
  critically-acclaimed The Ash House

• Angharad’s writing evokes the clever, unique world-building
  and philosophical themes of Pullman’s His
  Dark Materials while remaining startlingly original

• The story follows two sisters in a London-inspired city
  full of fantastical illness and sprawling, gothic hospitals where
  dark secrets linger beneath the surface

Praise for THE ASH HOUSE:

'An unexpected – and pleasing – combination of
propitious and disquieting.’ KIRKUS REVIEWS

‘Walker’s immersive story slowly reveals its secrets,
using tension as a lever to tip the reader deep into the
Ash House’s mysteries.’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

‘The book has allegorical chill that settles slowly,
like damp seeping in . . . leaving readers with a feeling
of ambiguous unease that may stir for a long time in
the back of their minds like the after-effects of a nightmare.’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL