The Sapling Cage

A Novel

Margaret Killjoy

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Feminist Press
02 January 2025

Series: Daughters of the Empty Throne

In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention in an own-voices story of trans witchcraft.

Lorel has always dreamed of becoming a witch: learning magic, fighting monsters, and exploring the world beyond the small town where she and her mother run the stables. Even though a strange plague is killing the trees in the Kingdom of Cekon and witches are being blamed for it, Lorel wants nothing more than to join them. There's only one problem: all witches are women, and she was born a boy.

When the coven comes to claim her best friend, Lorel disguises herself in a dress and joins in her friend's place, leaving home and her old self behind. She soon discovers the dark powers threatening the kingdom: a magical blight scars the land, and the power-mad Duchess Helte is crushing everything between her and the crown. In spite of these dangers, Lorel makes friends and begins learning magic from the powerful witches in her coven. However, she fears that her new friends and mentors will find out her secret and kick her out of the coven, or worse.

By: Margaret Killjoy
Imprint: Feminist Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781558613317
ISBN 10: 1558613315
Series: Daughters of the Empty Throne
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Margaret Killjoy (she/they) is a transfeminine author, musician, and podcaster. Some of her other books include The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion, A Country of Ghosts, We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, and Escape from Incel Island. She is the host of the radical history podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff and the individual and community preparedness podcast Live Like the World is Dying. She is the principal songwriter for the atmospheric black metal band Feminazgl. She lives in West Virginia.

Reviews for The Sapling Cage: A Novel

Praise for Margaret Killjoy and The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion “Intelligent and fiercely imagined.” ―Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and The Ballad of Halo Jones “A unique bite of punk culture.” ― Delilah S. Dawson, author of Bloom “As relatable as it is harrowing.” ―Leanna Renee Hieber, author of A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts “Utterly engrossing…it refuses to let you go.” ―Mur Lafferty, author of Station Eternity