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Soonchild, Hardback Book

Soonchild Hardback

Illustrated by Alexis Deacon

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"Hoban is the best sort of genius." Patrick Ness, The GuardianSomewhere 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...

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