Her village does not follow the Norse Gods, as the puritanical regime known as the Order has mandated that no one is to speak or acknowledge any of the old ways, let alone use magic. Maddy is allowed to live because she is human, but is always viewed with suspicion despite this. Animals born with a rune mark on their bodies are seen as cursed or deformed and are usually quickly slaughtered. Runemarks follows Maddy, a young loner who has been ostracised from her town for the rust-coloured rune mark she carries on her left hand.
The book was followed up with a 2011 sequel entitled Runelight. Harris has stated that she was inspired to write the book due to her love of Norse mythology as a child, with the book being loosely based on a novel she wrote in her late teens.
The book was published on 2 August 2007 by Doubleday Publishing and is set in a world where the Norse gods still survive as outlaws, their powers diminished, while a new and more powerful religion, the Order, tries to wipe out magic from the world.
Runemarks is a 2007 children's fantasy novel by Joanne Harris.
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