Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: The Dark, Defiant New Epic from V. E. Schwab The Instant Number One Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller A Genre-Defying, Unforgettable Novel to Sink Your Teeth Into . . . "Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth." A STORY ABOUT IMMORTALITY, HUNGER AND REVENGE. From V. E. Schwab, the internationally bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, comes a twisting, gothic tale of blood, power, and the terrifying price of freedom. Three women, centuries apart. One secret desire binds them all: to be more than a pawn in a game played by men. 1532. Santo Domingo: María is wild and wily, and knows her beauty is her only currency. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path - a chance to choose her own fate - María makes a desperate vow: no regrets. 1827. London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wishes. Swept away by a beautiful widow‘s invitation, she discovers the price of freedom is higher than she could have ever imagined. 2019. Boston: Alice moved halfway across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand leads to chilling consequences. So Alice throws herself into a hunt for answers and revenge that links her to a hunger centuries old. This is a story about life . . . how it ends, and how it starts again. ‘ Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab‘ - Jodi Picoult ‘Richly written and daringly imagined, it had me by the throat from the first page to the last. Fantastic.‘ - Emma Stonex ‘Bloody, toothsome, and entirely riveting. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a singular story that will stay with me for years to come‘ - Alexis Henderson author of House of Hunger ‘I absolutely devoured it . . . It‘s utterly absorbing,atmospheric and perfectly gothic‘ - Bridget Collins ‘Adventure through centuries filled with love, loss, art and war - dazzling‘ - Naomi Novik ‘Toothsome, and entirely riveting . . . a singular story that will stay with me for years to come?‘ - Alexis Henderson ‘I absolutely devoured it . . . Utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic, with a deep, dark, poignant heart‘ - Bridget Collins V. E. Schwab‘s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025