From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology
flush with doomed romance and macabre magic perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani
Chokshi. Bone Criers are the last descendants of an ancient famille charged with using the
magic they draw from animal bones to shepherd the dead into the afterlife?lest they drain the
light from the living. Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become their matriarch but
first she must complete her rite of passage: to kill the boy she's destined to love. Bastien's
father was slain by a Bone Crier and he's been seeking revenge ever since. Now his vengeance
must wait as Ailesse's ritual has begun and their fates are entwined?in life and in death.