Witch’s apprentice
Bridey Corkill has hated the ocean ever since she watched her granddad
dive in and drown with a smile on his face. So when a dead girl rolls in
with the tide in the summer of 1913, sixteen-year-old Bridey suspects
that whatever compelled her granddad to leap into the sea has made its
return to the Isle of Man.
Soon, villagers are vanishing in the
night, but no one shares Bridey’s suspicions about the sea. No one but
the island’s witch, who isn’t as frightening as she first appears, and
the handsome dark-haired lad Bridey rescues from a grim and watery fate.
The cause of the deep gashes in Fynn’s stomach and his lost memories
are, like the recent disappearances, a mystery well-guarded by the sea.
In exchange for saving his life, Fynn teaches Bridey to master her fear
of the water — stealing her heart in the process.
Now, Bridey
must work with the Isle’s eccentric witch and the boy she isn’t sure she
can trust — because if she can’t uncover the truth about the ancient
evil in the water, everyone she loves will walk into the sea, never to
return.
The Dead must stay buried.
Karthia
is nothing like it used to be. The kingdom's borders are open for the
first time in nearly three hundred years, and raising the dead has been
outlawed. Odessa is determined to explore the world beyond Karthia's
waters, hoping to heal a heart broken in more ways than she can count.
But with Meredy joining the ocean voyage, vanquishing her sorrow will be
a difficult task.
Despite the daily reminder of the history they
share, Odessa and Meredy are fascinated when their journey takes them
to a land where the Dead rule the night and dragons roam the streets.
Odessa can't help being mesmerized by the new magic--and by the girl at
her side. But just as she and Meredy are beginning to explore the new
world, a terrifying development in Karthia summons them home at once.
Growing
political unrest on top of threats from foreign invaders means Odessa
and Meredy are thrust back into the lives they tried to leave behind
while specters from their past haunt their tenuous relationship.
Gathering a force big enough to ward off enemies seems impossible, until
one of Queen Valoria's mages creates a weapon that could make them
invincible. As danger continues to mount inside the palace, Odessa fears
that without the Dead, even the greatest invention won't be enough to
save their fates.
In this enthralling, heartrending sequel to
Reign of the Fallen, Odessa faces the fight of her life as the
boundaries between the Dead and the living are challenged in a way more
gruesome than ever before.
The Dead must stay buried.
Karthia
is nothing like it used to be. The kingdom's borders are open for the
first time in nearly three hundred years, and raising the dead has been
outlawed. Odessa is determined to explore the world beyond Karthia's
waters, hoping to heal a heart broken in more ways than she can count.
But with Meredy joining the ocean voyage, vanquishing her sorrow will be
a difficult task.
Despite the daily reminder of the history they
share, Odessa and Meredy are fascinated when their journey takes them
to a land where the Dead rule the night and dragons roam the streets.
Odessa can't help being mesmerized by the new magic--and by the girl at
her side. But just as she and Meredy are beginning to explore the new
world, a terrifying development in Karthia summons them home at once.
Growing
political unrest on top of threats from foreign invaders means Odessa
and Meredy are thrust back into the lives they tried to leave behind
while specters from their past haunt their tenuous relationship.
Gathering a force big enough to ward off enemies seems impossible, until
one of Queen Valoria's mages creates a weapon that could make them
invincible. As danger continues to mount inside the palace, Odessa fears
that without the Dead, even the greatest invention won't be enough to
save their fates.
In this enthralling, heartrending sequel to
Reign of the Fallen, Odessa faces the fight of her life as the
boundaries between the Dead and the living are challenged in a way more
gruesome than ever before.
Odessa is one of
Karthia's master necromancers, catering to the kingdom's ruling Dead.
Whenever a noble dies, it's Odessa's job to raise them by retrieving
their souls from a dreamy and dangerous shadow world called the
Deadlands. But there is a cost to being raised--the Dead must remain
shrouded, or risk transforming into zombie-like monsters known as
Shades. If even a hint of flesh is exposed, the grotesque transformation
will begin.
A dramatic uptick in Shade attacks raises suspicions
and fears among Odessa's necromancer community. Soon a crushing loss of
one of their own reveals a disturbing conspiracy: someone is
intentionally creating Shades by tearing shrouds from the Dead--and
training them to attack. Odessa is faced with a terrifying question:
What if her necromancer's magic is the weapon that brings Karthia to its
knees?
