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The Naming Song

Audiobook
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available

A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro.
"The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of language, and breathes that magic onto every page." —Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author
There's nothing more dangerous than an unnamed thing
When the words went away, the world changed.
All meaning was lost, and every border fell. Monsters slipped from dreams to haunt the waking while ghosts wandered the land in futile reveries. Only with the rise of the committees of the named—Maps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Names—could the people stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. They built borders around their world and within their minds, shackled ghosts and hunted monsters, and went to war against the unknown.
For one unnamed courier of the Names Committee, the task of delivering new words preserves her place in a world that fears her. But after a series of monstrous attacks on the named, she is forced to flee her committee and seek her long-lost sister. Accompanied by a patchwork ghost, a fretful monster, and a nameless animal who prowls the shadows, her search for the truth of her past opens the door to a revolutionary future—for the words she carries will reshape the world.
The Naming Song is an audiobook of deep secrets and marvelous discoveries, strange adventures and dangerous truths. It's the story of a world locked in a battle over meaning. Most of all, it's the perfect fantasy for anyone who's ever dreamed of a stranger, freer, more magical world.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 22, 2024
      Berry (The Manual of Detection) probes how it feels to be voiceless in this ambitious fantasy. In a world where the names of people, places, and things have been forgotten, it is the Name Committee’s goal to remember. Working for them is an unnamed courier, who’s responsible for delivering names to the things they identify. But the job isn’t without its dangers: a proudly nameless group attacks the named, and Frost, chair of the Deletion Committee, wants them punished and their existence erased. Since the courier herself is nameless, she’s suspected of working with the perpetrators. When she later finds her boss, Book, dead, the courier is blamed for his killing. Afraid of Frost’s wrath, she flees, setting out on a quest to find her missing sister, Ticket, and together reconstruct their world. Berry’s universe and its linguistics-based magic system feel wholly original, and the mystery of the disappearing words will suck readers in. The threat from the nameless dissidents adds to the tension and propels the story forward, even as Berry takes his time unraveling the plot. Fantasy readers looking for a fresh and exciting new world to explore will be thrilled.

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