{"product_id":"bog-queen-1","title":"Bog Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Anna North\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBloomsbury Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10\/12\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e9798260200377\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER * A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION SCIENCE + LITERATURE SELECTED TITLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a body is found in a bog in northwest England, Agnes, an American forensic anthropologist, is called to investigate. But this body is not like any she's ever seen. Though its bones prove it was buried more than two thousand years ago, it is almost completely preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon Agnes is drawn into a mystery from the distant past, called to understand and avenge the death of an Iron Age woman more like her than she knows. Along the way, she must contend with peat-cutters who want to profit from the bog and activists who demand that the land be left undisturbed. Then there's the moss itself: a complex repository of artifacts and remains, with its own dark stories to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlashing between the uncertainty of post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe at the dawn of the Roman era, \u003ci\u003eBog Queen\u003c\/i\u003e brims with contemporary urgency and ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women learning to harness their strange strengths in a landscape more mysterious and complex than either can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Anna North's new novel captures attention even before the first page.\" -- \u003ci\u003eScott Simon, NPR \"Weekend Edition\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An intricate work of historical fiction, a tightly woven mystery reminiscent of the police procedural \u003ci\u003eBones\u003c\/i\u003e, and perhaps most of all, a transfixing excavation of the competing interests converging on the natural world in our present moment of ecological devastation, economic precarity, and historical forgetting . . . This expansive tale is about much more than a battle among scientists, environmentalists, and corporate interests. In confronting questions of duty, ambition, and community, North's magical novel renders the world-both ancient and modern-mysterious to us again.\" -- \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkably crafted tale that asks important questions about the imprint we leave on our loved ones, our culture, and our land.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A memorable tale of the unexpected linkages of history, land, and female power. North widens her range with this layered mystery-meets-ancient-history mashup.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna North\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eReese's Book Club pick \u003ci\u003eOutlawed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerica Pacifica\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lambda Literary Award winner \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Death of Sophie Stark\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a senior correspondent at \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54181572313371,"sku":"Bog Queen PB","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9781635579666.jpg?v=1763563019","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/bog-queen-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}