The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy
The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy is a fantasy trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle. It includes The Hollow Kingdom, Close Kin, and In the Coils of the Snake. The Hollow Kingdom was published in 2003. It follows Kate and Emily, human sisters who meet Marak,the goblin king of a secret underground world. He kidnaps them and takes them to his kingdom, where he forces Kate to marry him.
Close Kin follows Emily, Kate's younger sister, and Sable, one of the last elves near Hallow Hill. Emily is proposed to by Seylin, her childhood friend, but doesn't take him seriously and refuses. He decides to leave, journeying to 'find his people', the elves. After he leaves, Emily realizes that she does indeed love him and goes out after him. A side-plot follows Sable, Irina, Thorn, and two other elves live their lives in squalor.
In the Coils of the Snake follows Matilda.
The Hollow Kingdom
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| Author | Clare B. Dunkle |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Henry Holt |
Publication date | October 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8050-7390-6 (first edition, hardback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Followed by | Close Kin |
The Hollow Kingdom is the October 2003 first book in The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle. It follows Kate, a young woman who is forced to marry the goblin king, Marak.
Plot introduction
In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen.
Plot summary
Template:Spoiler Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage-until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself. Intelligent, pleasant, and completely pitiless, Marak is a powerful magician who claims to be a king, and he has very specific plans for the two new girls who have trespassed into his kingdom.
Awards and nominations
- 2004 Mythopoeic-Children winner.
Close Kin
Close Kin is the second book in The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle. It is about Emily, the younger sister of Kate, the main character in the trilogy's first book.
Plot summary
Template:Spoiler Living happily in the underground goblin kingdom for years, Emily is now old enough to marry. But when her friend Seylin proposes, she doesn't pay attention. Devastated, Seylin leaves to find his own people: the elves. In her search for him, Emily accidentally awakens long-dormant prejudices.
In the Coils of the Snake
In The Coils of the Snake is the final book in The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle. It follows Miranda, the daughter of Matilda, the baby found at the end of The Hollow Kingdom.