The Forest Yet to Come

A new story in the Wolfstongue Saga from USBBY award-winning author Sam Thompson

The Forest is endless and filled with savage wolves. The human settlement stays safe inside its walls -- but two children, Sally and Faolan, long to know what lies beyond. One day a stranger arrives. His name is Reynard: trickster, storyteller, secret-keeper. He can show the children the way through the Forest, but the journey will be more dangerous than they imagine. There are worse things in the world than wolves, and the fox has one final trick to play.

Sam Thompson lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he teaches English and creative writing at Queens University. His first novel Communion Town was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Jott was shortlisted for the 2019 Encore Award. His fiction and criticism have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, The Tangerine, Still Worlds Turning (No Alibis Press), on BBC Radio 4 and in Best British Short Stories 2019 (Salt Publishing). He has written two previous books for children: Wolfstongue (2022) and The Fox’s Tower (2023). Wolfstongue was named as an USBBY Outstanding International Book in 2023.

Anna Tromop is a freelance illustrator, forest lover, watercolour enthusiast & avid knitter based in Oslo. She plays with paint in a pink office full of plants and drinks questionable amounts of tea (and occasionally paintwater).