EAN: 9781534477117

VESPERTINE - MARGARET ROGERSON GEBUNDEN

An international bestseller! From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns
and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling  dark coming-of-age adventure (Culturess) about
a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the
dead. The spirits of the dead do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister  a nun who
cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on  otherwise  they will rise
as ravenous  hungry spirits. She would rather deal with the dead than the living  who whisper
about her scarred hands and troubled past. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers 
Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint's relic. It is a revenant
a malevolent being whose extraordinary power almost consumes her?but death has come  and only a
vespertine  a priestess trained to wield a high relic  has any chance of stopping it. With all
knowledge of vespertines lost to time  Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help:
the revenant itself. As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints  secrets  and dark magic 
Artemisia discovers that facing this hidden evil might require her to betray everything she
believes?if the revenant doesn't betray her first.

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