Häftad, Engelska, 2023
136 kr
Skickas
* WINNER OF THE 2023 WORLD FANTASY AWAY FOR BEST NOVEL *'Wildly inventive' - BUZZFEED'Beautiful and intricate and glowing' - COLORADO SUN'Every character arrives dripping with detail and a fire in their heart' - REACTOR'Exemplifies what fantasy can do in the best of ways' - STRANGE HORIZONS'Grisly, dark, lovely, funny, heartfelt' - KIRKUSNOTHING COMPLICATES LIFE LIKE DEATHLanie Stones, the daughter of crown-appointed killers, was born with a gift for necromancy - and a literal allergy to violence. For her own safety, she was raised in isolation in a crumbling mansion by the family's mouldering revenant.When Lanie's parents are murdered, she and her psychotic sister Nita must settle their extensive debts or lose their ancestral home. When Liriat's ruler, too, is murdered, it throws the whole nation's future into doubt.Hunted by Liriat's enemies, terrorised by family ghosts and tortured by a forbidden love for a childhood friend, Lanie will need more than luck to get through the next few months-but when the goddess of Death is on your side, anything is possible.
