Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

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#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 USA Today bestseller • #1 National Indie bestseller • #1 IndieNext List, June 2025 • 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fantasy

A genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

This is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily―her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love.
1827. London.
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow―but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage.
2019. Boston.
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

This is a story about life―how it ends, and how it starts.

“Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller…sumptuous descriptions of place and time, and the slow-burn melodrama between each of the women… a tale told sharply but sweetly enough it goes down as easy as that happy-hour cocktail that, surprisingly, knocks you flat.” ―The New York Times

“Schwab sends you whirling through a dizzying kaleidoscopic adventure through centuries filled with love, loss, art and war―all the while dazzling your senses with hundreds of tiny magical moments along the way.” ―Naomi Novik

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Enter the Bestselling Worlds of V. E. Schwab
In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The first in Schwab’s addictive Shades of Magic series. Kell, an official ambassador of Red London, is forced to join forces with Delilah Bard, a cut-purse from Gray London. Perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. Schwab’s beloved Shades of Magic trilogy tells the story of a dazzling world of parallel Londons where magic thrives, starves, or lies forgotten, and where power can destroy just as quickly as it can create. A new adventure set in the world of the Shades of Magic series where old friends and foes alike are faced with a dangerous new threat. A gritty story of ambition and jealousy where gaining superpowers doesn’t automatically lead to heroism, and allegiances are called into question. In the thrilling follow-up to Vicious, a super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions leads to a terrible reckoning.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 10, 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ Signed
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250320526
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250320520
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.66 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 1.6 x 9.55 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in LGBTQ+ Fantasy (Books) #5 in Historical Fantasy (Books) #8 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books)
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