The release date for the English version of 'Book of a Thousand Days' by
Shannon Hale is Sep 2007. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Prepared for a very long and gloomy captivity, Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are locked in a tower for seven years due to Saren's unwillingness to wed a man she despises.
Dashti is doing all she can to keep them nourished and comfortable as the food runs out and the days turn from scorching hot to bitterly cold. The girls are faced with both hope and grave peril when Saren's two suitors arrive outside the tower—one of whom is far more welcome than the other—and Dashti is forced to make the difficult decisions of a girl whose life is worth more than she realizes.
This little-known classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is remade and placed on the steppes of central Asia using the poetic language of Shannon Hale. It is a wholly original retelling full of adventure and romance, drama and disguise.