Four and Twenty Blackbirds (novel)

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Four & Twenty Blackbirds
Tor Books First Edition
Cover of the Tor First Edition
Author Cherie Priest
Illustrator None
Cover artist John Jude Palencar
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Horror, Gothic, Southern Gothic
Publisher Tor Books
Publication date September 2005
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 288 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-7653-1308-1
Followed by Wings To The Kingdom

Four & Twenty Blackbirds is a novel written by Cherie Priest, and is the first book of the Eden trilogy. Four & Twenty Blackbird's sequel is Wings To The Kingdom, due for release in October 2006, the third book in the series is to be called Not Flesh 'Nor Feathers and is due in 2007.

Set in the Southern US, it is about a young woman's investigation into the truth of her origins.