The Stolen Heir is the first installment in Holly Black's captivating duology set in the opulent world of Elfhame. Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. In the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel, using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow to exact her revenge.

Suren, the child queen of the Court of Teeth, fled to the human world, living feral in the woods and releasing mortals from foolish bargains. Her solitude is disrupted when the storm hag, Bogdana, chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years.

Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He's on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren's help. If she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and confronting all the horrors she thought she left behind.