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<b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>_______________</b><br><b><br></b><b>'A work of extraordinary ambition, brilliantly realised' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><b><br>'A mesmerising journey down the byways of English folklore' </b><i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i><br><b>'Verbally dextrous, inventive, and hugely entertaining' </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><b>_______________</b><br><br>Herne the hunter, mischief-maker, spirit of the forest, leader of the wild hunt, hurtles through the centuries pursued by his creator.<br><br>A shapeshifter, Herne dons many guises as he slips and ripples through time – at candlelit Twelfth Night revels, at the spectacular burning of the Crystal Palace, at an acid-laced Sixties party. Wherever he goes, transgression, debauch and enchantment always follow in his wake.<br><br>But as the forest is increasingly encroached upon by urban sprawl and gentrification, and the world slides into crisis, Herne must find a way to survive – or exact his revenge.<br><b>_______________</b><br><b><br>With its intoxicating, chameleonic voice and boundless imagination, <i>Mischief Acts</i> is British folklore as you've never read it before: dangerous, sexy, troubling, daring, savage, an exhilarating race through time and space, weaving together the ancient and the contemporary.</b><br><b><br></b><b>'A dark-dazzling archive of enchantments, pursuit, and desire' </b>ELEY WILLIAMS<br><b><br>'This is the most adventurous, stylistically magnificent thing I've read for years. Nobody does fantasy like Zoe Gilbert' </b>NATASHA PULLEY<b><br><br>'</b><i>Mischief Acts</i><b> is brimming with magic ... The story of Herne, like the forest itself, transforms, entangles and enchants' </b>LUCY WOOD<br><b><br></b><b>'A dazzling new take on an ancient myth, reminding us of the wildness within. I adored it' </b>KERRY ANDREW<br><b><br>'Superb. A work of shimmering allure' </b>IRENOSEN OKOJIE