The very lovely people at Faber Children’s have kindly given me three copies of The Five Realms: The Beasts of Grimheart to give away! The Five Realms: The Beasts of Grimheart is available to pre-order online from Amazon, Waterstones or from any good bookshop. Huge thanks to Kieran, Hannah and all at Faber Children’s for inviting me to host this stunning cover reveal and amazing giveaway, I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!

Tolkien.įernando López Juárez is a Spanish Illustrator who creates realistic cartoon & comical characters for children’s books. He has illustrated tales by well-known authors such as Diana Wynne Jones, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, and J. He has illustrated many novels and is also much admired for his concept and character work. The Legend of Podkin One-Ear is the first in the The Five Realms series, followed by The Gift of Dark Hollow and on September 6th, The Beasts of Grimheart.ĭavid Wyatt is an illustrator living in Devon. The Five Realms: The Legend of Podkin One-Ear is Kieran’s second book after Freaks, now better known as The Peculiars. Podkin One-Ear won the Blue Peter Book Award 2017.

He lives on the Isle of Wight with his family, and between work, fatherhood and writing, doesn’t get nearly enough sleep. He graduated from Southampton University with a degree in English Literature and now works as a Reception teacher in a primary school. Kieran Larwood has been passionate about stories and storytelling ever since he first read The Hobbit aged six. When the two sides meet in battle, who will win? And will the bonedancers let the bard live? His uncle and the Sparrowfast rabbits are already there, as the Gorm have marched round the forest edge and taken their warren. With their new allies, Podkin, Paz and Pook emerge, meeting up with the others at Silver Rock warren. The young rabbits flee into the forest depths, where they discover a lost tribe of rabbits and a another of the sacred Gifts – a crown which lets the wearer speak to animals. Podkin and the others leave for Sparrowfast warren, on the other side of the forest, to ask his uncle for help and for the use of his magic bow (one of the 12 Gifts).Īs they make their way through the forest, Vetch turns traitor and tries to seize the Gifts Podkin and Paz own for his masters, the Gorm. The Gorm have started to attack the forest, trying to flush out the Darkhollow rabbits. The bard is captured by the bonedancers and taken to their temple where he has to retell the tale that earned him a contract on his life.

Freaks by Kieran Larwood