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Man is cruel but the flowers will take their revenge. A gorgeously dark and magical novel inspired by three Celtic heroines.

Darkness is falling across the land. All that stands against it are three determined women: slave queen Goewin, the reclusive sorceress Arianrhod, and Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers. Can they unite against the deadly force who threatens them all?

The sadistic ambition of the magician Gwydion wreaks havoc across the forests, cliffs and fields of the kingdom. With the earth itself at stake, Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd must unleash their most uncanny powers to challenge him.

In this vital and visceral novel, Brigid Lowe casts ancient light on desire, sex and our relationship with nature to bring these Celtic heroines to explosive, sensuous, blossoming new life.

'A masterpiece of poetic reimagining, woven into an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling Author

‘A rich, visceral fever dream unafraid to take you to the darkest corners of myth and magic... Lowe deftly peels back the layers of this archetypal landscape, which modern readers will find both familiar and deeply strange.’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong

'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch. I revelled in the absolutely exquisite prose - pure poetry - and its intensely atmospheric world shimmering with folklore and magic. . . this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body