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In The Hazel Wood, 17-year-old Alice Proserpine embarks on a perilous journey to the sinister Hinterland, the setting of her reclusive grandmother's enigmatic book, to rescue her mother after she is abducted. Along the way, Alice uncovers dark truths about her family and her own identity, revealing a supernatural connection to the tales within her grandmother’s famed literary work, Tales from the Hinterland. The novel contains graphic violence and themes of trauma and identity crises.