The Binding: THE #1 FICTION BESTSELLER and spellbinding historical fantasy novel from the author of THE BETRAYALS

*GET YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE SILENCE FACTORY, OUT NOW* LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BREAKOUT SENSATION OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 ‘Spellbinding’ Guardian ‘Magic’ Erin Kelly ‘Immersive’ Sunday Times ‘Astounding’ Anna Mazzola Emmett Farmer is a binder’s apprentice. His job is to hand-craft beautiful books and, within each, to capture something unique and extraordinary: a memory. If you have something you want to forget, or a secret to hide, he can bind it – and you will never have to remember the pain it caused. In a vault under his mentor’s workshop, row upon row of books – and secrets – are meticulously stored and recorded. Then one day Emmett makes an astonishing discovery: one of the volumes has his name on it. The Binding, a Sunday Times bestselling book, is a historical fantasy that explores the dark corners of memory and secrets. Bridget Collins tells the story of Emmett Farmer, a binder's apprentice, who discovers a book with his name, setting him on a path of self-discovery and coming of age. For fans of Ava Reid (A Study in Drowning), Matt Haig (The Midnight Library), Tj Klune (The Bones Beneath My Skin), Elizabeth Macneal (The Burial Plot), and Susan Stokes-Chapman (Pandora).