Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

An unforgettable, genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger to sink your teeth into. The instant No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from V. E. Schwab. An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. León, Spain: María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, María makes a desperate choice. 1827. London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow´s invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom – if she sells her soul. 2019. Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers . . . and retribution. Defying time and all odds, these women’s fates become tangled like roots. This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again. * * * ´A rich, lush labyrinth of a book . . . It had me by the throat from the first page´ – Emma Stonex ´Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab´ – Jodi Picoult ´I absolutely devoured it . . . It´s utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic´ – Bridget Collins ´Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller . . . goes down as easy as that happy-hour cocktail´ – The New York Times ‘Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women . . . Lyrical and immersive’ – Cosmopolitan