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 Eklor-a 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 group's 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 sacrifice-for each day he lives she will live one less. She'd 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 burned-as 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 don't rest in
peace after all. Five warriors-one 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
doesn't stop just because someone once said the end.
