''Hannah Whitten is my new favourite obsession'' Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author
''Sinister, deadly and so seductive you won''t be able to tear yourself away from this dark gem of a book'' Stephanie Garber, New York Times-bestselling author
In this gilded, gothic, and romantic new epic fantasy series from New York Times-bestselling author Hannah Whitten, a young woman''s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous world of the Sainted King''s royal court.
Lore has been living by her wits since she was a child, running poisons for the cartel that took her in, avoiding the attention of the law, and keeping her illicit affinity for death magic a secret.
When a job goes wrong and Lore is captured by the Sainted King''s warrior-monks, she expects death. But King August has a different plan. Entire villages on the outskirts of the country have been dying overnight, seemingly at random.