Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

von V. E. Schwab

672 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 18 Jahre

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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 V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025

• Themen: Belletristik Fantasyliteratur Zeitgenössische Fantasy / Low Fantasy
• ISBN: 9781035064663
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2026
• Größe: 197 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 18 Jahre