It’s the first in asplashy two-book dealBardugo signed back in 2016.
In fact, by age 20, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide.
Some might say she’s thrown her life away.
Flatiron
What’s the catch, and why her?
But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.
They tamper with forbidden magic.
They raise the dead.
And, sometimes, they prey on the living."
When they were gone, she ordered takeout aggressively, charging it all to Darlington’s still-active account.
No one came to check on her.
There was no one left.
High academic achievement with an emphasis on history and chemistry.
Facility with languages and a working knowledge of Latin and Greek.
Good physical health and hygiene.
Evidence of a regular fitness regimen encouraged.
Exhibits signs of a steady character with a mind toward discretion.
Should demonstrate no squeamishness toward the realities of the human body.
She thought of the blood soaking the carpet of the old Anderson mansion black.
The wound in Alex’s side was a deep divot, crusted black.
The bite had left a visible curve that she knew would heal badly, if it healed at all.
Her map had been changed.
Her coastline altered.Mors irrumat omnia.Death fucks us all.
Alex touched her fingers gently to the hot red skin surrounding the teeth marks.
The wound was getting infected.
Maybe she’d get a fever, start hallucinating.
She eyed the thrust of her ribs, the blue veins like downed power lines beneath her fading bruises.
Her lips were feathered with chapped skin.
She thought of her name inked into the margins of the pamphletthe third circumstance.
“Results were decidedly mixed,” she said, startled by the husky rattle of her voice.
She laughed and the drain seemed to chuckle with her.
Maybe she already had a fever.
That was in the spring.
