Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow is a 2020 novel written by Jessica Townsend and published by Little, Brown and Company. It is the third installment in The Nevermoor series and was released on September 29 in Australia, October 15 in the United Kingdom, and October 27 in the United States. The book will be followed by a sequel, entitled Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow. The book follows Morrigan Crow, who was cursed after being born on Eventide day, and was supposed to die on her eleventh birthday, but is saved by the mysterious Jupiter North and taken to the wonderful city of Nevermoor. In Hollowpox, Morrigan continues her adventure and must control her Wundersmith powers that threaten to destroy her.
Characters
Morrigan Crow: a young girl who escaped her fate and was whisked away by Jupiter to come live in Nevermoor. Originally, she was an illegal resident of the free state, but after she bested hundreds of other children to earn a spot in the Wundrous Society, she became a legal inhabitant of the country. Morrigan was told by Ezra Squall that she is a Wundersmith, whose knack is to control the Wunder in the air around her. Jupiter North: Morrigan's patron for her Wundrous Society trials. Jupiter takes Morrigan in after she was said to have died on Eventide day and helps her escape from the Hunt of Smoke and Shadow, led by Wundersmith Ezra Squall. North runs the Hotel Deucalion, a prestigious hotel, in which many residents live permanently, including Morrigan, Jupiter's nephew Jack, and singer Dame Chanda Kali. Hawthorne Swift: Morrigan's friend who has a knack for dragon riding. In the first two books, Morrigan and Hawthorne grow close and spend much time at each other's house. In Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, Hawthorne accompanies Morrigan and Fenestra to the Black Parade on Hallowmas and he and his friend make it through the Fright Trial together. Hawthorne is also a member of Unit 919 in the Wundrous Society. His patron is Nan Dawson. Marina Cheery: the conductor of Unit 919's home train who is always happy and glad. Miss Cheery "lives up to her name," as Morrigan has said in the book, and also appears in Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow. She is friends with Roshni Singh, a librarian who calls her Maz as a nickname. Rook Rosenfeld: the Scholar Mistress of the School of Wundrous Arts. She lives in the same body as the Scholar Mistresses of the Schools of Mundane and Arcane Arts. Sofia and Conall O'Leary: members of the School of Wundrous Arts. They are two of approximately fifteen students at the Wunsoc campus in the school, but there are many others spread throughout the city. They meet Morrigan when Rook introduces her to the school. Sofia is a Foxwun Major. Ezra Squall: the infamous Wundersmith who massacred the other Wundersmiths in Courage Square 100 years ago, under the pretense that "Wundersmiths don't have friends." He serves as an antagonist in the series, and throughout Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow, he tries to get Morrigan to be his apprentice, and he even offers to cure Hollowpox to get her to do it. Fenestra: a giant cat, called a Magnificat, that serves as the head of housekeeping in the Hotel Deucalion. Fen, as she is called, has a short temper and often leaves fishes and rodents in peoples' beds when she is displeased with them. Morrigan encountered Magnificats in the Wintersea Republic, where she grew up, but has never known they could talk. The members of Unit 919, which also includes Morrigan and Hawthorne, appear in the books: Mahir Ibrahim, Lambeth Amara, Francis Fitzwilliams, Thaddea Macleod, Archan Tate, Anah Kahlo, and Cadence Blackburn.