"Durst consistently defies expectations."Publishers Weekly(starred review)From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklora corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived.Since then, Kreya, the groups leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrificefor each day he lives, she will live one less.Shed rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burnedas are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives.But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead dont rest in peace after all.Five warriorsone broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should be dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesnt stop just because someone once said, the end.
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