They called me The Morrigan.
I was magnificent. I was multitudes.
They twisted my story, stripped me away. But I will tell it now in my own voice.
It begins, as all the best stories do, in darkness.
From an ancient, storm-tossed sea, a tribe of gods reach the rocky shores of Ireland. Among them, a strange, hungry, red-haired girl. A girl who can change shape, from bird to beast to goddess. A girl who dreams of battle, of blood, of death and power.
She does not know yet that a woman who seeks to rule will always be in danger – or that there are far more treacherous figures in this land than the gods who raised her.
She does not know that one day love will burn so deep in her heart that its scars will never heal. That she will know pain so raw and pure it will almost tear her apart.
She does not know that her journey will take a thousand years. That her name will be remembered for a thousand more.
She is The Morrigan, and she is waiting: a girl with rage coiled in her chest. Beautiful, powerful, ravenous rage. A rage that will live forever.
“Beautifully fierce and unapologetically powerful, The Morrigan doesn't just hold your attention - it demands it. Curran retells the darkly epic story of Ireland's goddess of war with unflinching detail and fiery prose, making every page crackle with delicious feminine rage.”
ROSIE HEWLETT
“…may be the most powerful book you will read this year”
LUCY HOLLAND
"… a haunting corvid's cry of rage and feminine fury. Fall under the spell of this bewitching retelling of an enduring Irish myth."
L.R. LAM
“Like Madeline Miller, Curran has taken centuries of Irish legend and harnessed a powerful retelling for modern readers. A timely feminist battle cry.”
JUNO DAWSON
‘Thrilling and bloody from first page to last, this is an extraordinary portrait of a goddess, a warrior, a woman. Welcome to a stunning new voice in literary fiction”
PATRICK NESS
“…a beautifully dark tale of rage, power and love…lyrical, brutal and sublime - a stunning story of sisterhood as relevant today as it has ever been.”
MIRANDA DICKINSON
“A fearless and ferocious retelling that does great justice to the original stories, effortlessly navigating an epic scale with heartbreaking intimacy. an astonishing talent."
KATE HEARTFIELD
“Compelling and passionate, The Morrigan enthralled me. …a tale rich with magic, and visceral with female rage, as resonant now as in the age of Gods and Goddesses, and the warring tribes of Ireland. Captivated from start to finish, I dreamed of The Morrigan and her lust for vengeance long after I read the last page. Stunning!”
ANYA BERGMAN
“It’s hard to articulate just how powerful this book is — a gut-wrenching, visceral ode to female power, untapped grief and long-forbidden, oft-punished rage. Every woman should read The Morrigan. And every man, too.”
HAZEL GALE
"Kim Curran's THE MORRIGAN will do for Irish mythology what Madeline Miller did for Greek. I fell in love with her lyrical prose and the way she brought the complex layers of the Morrigan myth to life in all her fierce fury and glory. An absolute triumph."
AMY MCCULLOCH
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