A young adult fantasy of lost names, forbidden magic, and a girl who dares to remember.
Nomi has no past—or so the Order of the Bound would have her believe. Her name was stripped away before she could speak it, her memories smothered in silence. Raised in secrecy, gifted in the forbidden art of naming magic, Nomi is a living anomaly in a world where identity is controlled and self-naming is treason.
But when a spell ignites her dormant power, she becomes more than an outcast—she becomes a threat.
Fleeing the Order’s ruthless Enforcers, Nomi joins a ragtag band of a weaver who stitches truth into cloth, a healer with secrets older than time, and Kailen, the quiet mage whose loyalty runs deeper than magic. Together, they journey toward the Heart-Knot, a mythical place where fate and memory are rewoven—and where Nomi may reclaim the truth of who she is.
Yet the Order is unraveling the world to stop her. Shadowed by a relentless huntress, fractured by sacrifice, and tested by the memories she never asked to inherit, Nomi must
Will she fight to rewrite the world? Or let it forget her forever?
For readers ofSabaa Tahir, Leigh Bardugo, and Marie Lu, Threadkeeper is the haunting beginning of a lyrical, character-rich fantasy about resistance, memory, and the names we carry.
Threadkeepers is KD Hoffman's first novel. Also known as Kathleen, she sometimes writes young adult fantasy books. Sometimes she writes mysteries. She even writes about health and politics. But she is always writing, living with her family in Massachusetts.