SYCORAX
Hamnet meets Circe in the stunning lost story of Shakespeare’s greatest witch
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Published by Quercus (UK) February 2025
The deeply moving second novel from
Nydia Hetherington
“A beautifully written tale of otherness and becoming, which charms and beguiles in equal measure” Nikki Marmery, author of Lilith.
“With all the reverberations and resonances of ancient tales, Sycorax is a vivid and stirring re-imagining of Shakespeare's final witch. Hetherington's prose will cast a spell on you.” Molly Aitken, author of Bright I Burn.
“With Sycorax living constantly in pain, trying to help people but always feared and shunned, the reader rages and hopes for her while always knowing where this story is going to end. It's a fascinating exploration of an obscure character” SFX Magazine.
“P.S. is beyond excited about this wonderful new take on Sycorax, the unseen, much maligned and misunderstood, yet important "blue-eyed hag" in Shakespeare's The Tempest.” PS Magazine
The American edition of Sycorax will be published in the U.S on 1st July 2025 by the wonderful Pegasus Books. And with its own stunning cover.
Welcome to my author website
I’m so happy you found it. Please feel free to browse its pages. Although simple in form, here you will find information about me, my love of stories and how I became a writer. You’ll also find out all about my work, get news on upcoming releases (my second novel, Sycorax, is waiting on the horizon, and I can’t wait for you to meet her) or anything else I might be doing in the writing realm. I love to hear from readers, so if you’d like to drop me a line, just fill in the form on the ‘Contacts’ page. I can’t promise to always get back to you, but I’ll do my best. Oh, and of course you’ll find links to some lovely places where you can buy my books. Thank you for your interest and support. Happy reading.
There are many quotes I thought might make a good introduction to my website, but in these troubled times there was only one that, even through all the horrors of our age, accurately describes my feelings about who and where we are. I hope it touches you, as it always has me.
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't.
From The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
