Silver Throat - (Vardari) by Siri Pettersen (Hardcover)

About the Book

The second book in the International bestselling Vardari series, Silver Throat continues where book one left off. After Juva lets Grif out into the world and he escapes Naklav, it seems the Vardari should no longer be able to live, without their source of eternal life, and the city should finally be free of wolf disease. But Juva's plan has failed and the epidemic is now spreading. Caught between an idle city council and the immortals desperate fight for the last drops of life-giving blood, Juva must team up with a fanatic priest to save Naklav from destruction. But she soon realizes she may have trusted the wrong person, and the scar left by Grif's leaving is deeper than she thought.

Book Synopsis

DARK FANTASY BESTSELLER * AMAZON HOT NEW RELEASE FOR 2025 * KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW

Juva must navigate betrayal and ancient curses to save her city from the brink of destruction in Silver Throat, the gripping second installment of the international bestselling Vardari series.

After Juva lets Grif out into the world and he escapes Naklav, it seems the Vardari should no longer be able to live without their source of eternal life--and the city should finally be free of wolf disease. But Juva's plan failed and the epidemic is now spreading. Caught between an idle city council and the immortals desperate fight for the last drops of life-giving blood, Juva must team up with a fanatic priest to save Naklav from destruction. But she soon realizes she may have trusted the wrong person, and the scar left by Grif's leaving is deeper than she thought. The second book in the International bestselling Vardari series, Silver Throat continues where book one, Iron Wolf, left off.

Review Quotes

"Flawed and conflicted, generous and passionately ethical, Juva is a deeply engaging protagonist for our time."--Kirkus Starred Review

"Her worlds and intense, scary, beautiful, and gorgeously gritty."--NetGalley Reviewer

"Pettersen's style is something that makes me tingle with happiness. Her sentences are beautifully written, but without all that flowery and 'oh-im-so-smart' baroque-esque style you see in so many fantasy books. It has something of LeGuin's in it--short mentions of emotions that hit you stronger than any page-long description could. Love it."--Goodreads Reviewer

"Vast in scope, intricately plotted, and utterly original ... Pettersen's richly textured, Norse-infused saga features comprehensive worldbuilding studded with well-developed architectural, cultural, linguistic, and historical details and compelling characters."

--Kirkus Starred Review

The creation of the world still delights with a thousand small details, from Náklav itself, perched on the edge of a cliff, and its dark streets, where the sound of the Horn of the Dead can be heard, through the street of red lights, to Juva's cluttered family home, full of memories, dust and props that read blood. Pettersen can create images so vivid, so beautiful, dark and fairy-tale-like, that it is enough to close your eyes to see them come to life under our eyelids. [...] Juva remains a great main character--lost in a too-big world into which she was suddenly thrown, full of conflicting feelings and exposed to subsequent moral dilemmas. She is far from the typical super strong, ideal, always-finding-the-best-solution archetypal character. But despite the adversities, she tries with all her might, and there is some charming beauty in her features and breakdowns.--Goodreads Reviewer

About the Author

Siri Pettersen made her sensational debut in 2013 with the Norwegian publication of Odin's Child, the first book in The Raven Rings trilogy, which has earned numerous awards and nomiations at home and abroad. Siri has a background as a designer and comics creator. Her roots are in Finnsnes and Trondheim, but she now lives in Oslo, where you're likely to find her in a coffee shop. According to fellow writers, her superpower is "mega-motivation", which she describes as the ability to inspire other creative souls.

Tara Chace has translated more than fifty novels from Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish. She translates literature, crime, books for young adults and children, and non-fiction. Some of her recent translations include Edvard Hoem's Haymaker in Heaven (Milkweed Editions), Katrine Engberg's The Harbor (Gallery/Scout Press), Jan Stocklassa's The Man Who Played with Fire (Amazon Crossing), and Line Renslebråten's Under the Polar Ice (Fitzhenry & Whiteside). Her work has won the L.A. Times Prize and the American Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize.