A sequel to Lament finds musical prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, joining a private conservatory where James struggles with his feelings for Deirdre and the dangerous faerie muse Nuala, both of whom are threatened on Halloween by the Queen of the Fae. Original. When music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians, his talent attracts Nuala, a faerie muse who fosters and feeds on creative energies, but soon he finds himself battling the Queen of the Fey for the very lives of Deirdre and Nuala. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THENEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL SHIVER"Ballad is giddy, intoxicating, and threatening all at once. —Tamora PierceRemember us, so sing the dead, lest we remember youJames Morgan has an almost unearthly gift for music. And it has attracted Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and then feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. James has plenty of reasons to fear the faeries, but as he and Nuala collaborate on an achingly beautiful musical composition, James finds his feelings towards Nuala deepening. But the rest of the fairies are not as harmless. As Halloween—the day of the dead—draws near, James will have to battle the Faerie Queen and the horned king of the dead to save Nualas life and his soul.Praise for Ballad:"Readers of Holly Blacks Tithe (2002) or Charles de LintsThe Blue Girl (2004) will enjoy this rich foray into faerie. The books backdrop, so firmly rooted in Celtic myth, is scary, mysterious, magical, and horrifying."—Booklist
