The Huntsman's Tale
(2026)(A book in the Reimagined Fairy Tale Mashups Collection series)
A novel by Kristen Landon
Willem is the youngest huntsman the queen has ever employed, and he’s doing well. Until she commands him to do the unthinkable.
He tries, but Willem can’t bring himself to kill the beautiful young princess, Snow White, even if it means the queen might follow through on her threats to his mother, brother, and sister.
He comes up with a plan that will allow Snow White to escape without the queen’s knowledge, and everything is fine.
Until it isn’t.
He doesn’t know how the queen does it, but she learns the truth and sells Willem’s family into servitude as punishment. Willem barely escapes, and now he’s determined to find and free his family.
The quest isn’t easy, especially since the queen’s soldiers are searching for him. He has no money and only his skills as a huntsman to rely on.
Along the way, Willem meets a young boy who has just sold his family’s dried up milk cow for a handful of beans. He also stumbles into a silver mine owned by some of the most eccentric dwarves imaginable.
What he finds when he finally does locate his family shocks him. Will he actually be able to free them from lives in servitude? And what about the royal family? He keeps crossing paths with them, and they seem unwilling to forget about the past. Will they ever leave him alone to live a safe and peaceful life?
Find out in this adventure-filled reimagined fairy tale mashup featuring characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Genre: Children's Fiction
He tries, but Willem can’t bring himself to kill the beautiful young princess, Snow White, even if it means the queen might follow through on her threats to his mother, brother, and sister.
He comes up with a plan that will allow Snow White to escape without the queen’s knowledge, and everything is fine.
Until it isn’t.
He doesn’t know how the queen does it, but she learns the truth and sells Willem’s family into servitude as punishment. Willem barely escapes, and now he’s determined to find and free his family.
The quest isn’t easy, especially since the queen’s soldiers are searching for him. He has no money and only his skills as a huntsman to rely on.
Along the way, Willem meets a young boy who has just sold his family’s dried up milk cow for a handful of beans. He also stumbles into a silver mine owned by some of the most eccentric dwarves imaginable.
What he finds when he finally does locate his family shocks him. Will he actually be able to free them from lives in servitude? And what about the royal family? He keeps crossing paths with them, and they seem unwilling to forget about the past. Will they ever leave him alone to live a safe and peaceful life?
Find out in this adventure-filled reimagined fairy tale mashup featuring characters from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Genre: Children's Fiction