"Hoban is the best sort of genius." Patrick Ness, The Guardian
Somewhere in the Arctic Circle, Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs from her mother's womb. The World Songs are what inspire all newborns to come out into the world, and John must find them for her. But how? The answer takes him through many lifetimes and many shape-shifts, as well as encounters with beasts, demons and a mysterious benevolent owl spirit, Ukpika, who is linked to John's past...
- ISBN10 1406344184
- ISBN13 9781406344189
- Publish Date 1 April 2015 (first published 1 March 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 November 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English