Tina Connolly, author of Ironskin, on tour October 2012

About Ironskin

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (October 2, 2012)

After establishing herself with her short fiction, Tina Connolly becomes a novelist to watch with her debut IRONSKIN (Tor Hardcover; $24.99; On-sale October 2, 2012)—a loose re-imagining of Jane Eyre set in the aftermath of a Great War between the humans and fey.

Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin.

When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a “delicate situation”—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed and offers help.

Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress the curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step, Jane unlocks the secrets of a new life—and discovers just how far she will go to become whole again.

Perfect for fans of historical fiction and fantasy, IRONSKIN is a captivating debut from a bright new novelist.

“A lyrical, beautifully crafted debut. I was particularly taken with the beautifully conceived strangeness of Connolly’s fey-touched, just-a-shade-away alternate magical England. A haunting exploration of the true price one must pay for magic, beauty, and love, Ironskin will stay with me for a long time to come.” —M.K. Hobson, author of The Native Star

About Tina Connolly