
Molly O'Neill
Nightshade and Oak
An Iron Age goddess must grapple with becoming human in this delightful historical fantasy of myth and magic from the author of Greenteeth.
When Mallt, the goddess of death, is accidently turned into a human by a wayward spell, she finds she's ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life. After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire?
Trapped in a body that's frustratingly feeble, she's forced to team up with Belis, warrior daughter of Boudicca on a perilous journey across Roman-occupied Britain to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. As animosity turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.

Coming February 2026 from Orbit Books
Greenteeth
Beneath the perfectly still surface of the lake lurks a monster. Jenny Greenteeth is always hungry and ready to strike, until an angry mob tries to drown a witch in her waters. Jenny has never spoken to a human before but something about Temperance makes her decide to rescue the witch.
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Temperance doesn’t know how her village could have so suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor. All she wants is to return to her husband and children, still trapped under the Pastor’s influence.
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Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny’s lake and Temperance’s family as well as the very soul of Britain.

Available now from Orbit Books
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