AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER ?A
bone-chilling standalone . . . which fuses Shirley Jackson's gothic horror sensibilities with
the warmth and dark whimsy of Neil Gaiman.?? Publishers Weekly starred review ?Gripping
worldbuilding well-rounded characters and fantastic horror.?? Kirkus Reviews starred review
?Unsettling and intriguing.?? Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred review
Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow there is a
place where it must touch. A seam where the shadow meets its source. #1 New York Times?
bestselling author V. E. Schwab weaves a dark and original tale about the place where the world
meets its shadow and the young woman beckoned by both sides. The Secret Garden meets Crimson
Peak in this stand-alone novel perfect for readers of Holly Black and Neil Gaiman. Olivia Prior
has grown up in Merilance School for Girls and all she has of her past is her mother's
journal?which seems to unravel into madness. Then a letter invites Olivia to come home to
Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the
first place that feels like home it doesn't matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she
sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets and
she is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment
Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant?but not. The manor is crumbling the ghouls are
solid and a mysterious figure rules over all. Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations
of her family and where her father may have come from. Olivia has always wanted to belong
somewhere but will she take her place as a Prior protecting our world against the Master of
the House? Or will she take her place beside him? New York Times ?bestselling author V. E.
Schwab crafts a vivid and lush novel that grapples with the demons that are often locked behind
closed doors. An eerie stand-alone saga about life death and the young woman beckoned by
both. Readers of Neil Gaiman Holly Black Melissa Albert and Garth Nix will quickly lose
themselves in this novel with crossover appeal for all ages.
