The Bone Crown

Author : DARA VENMOOR

SHE CAN RAISE AN ARMY OF THE DEAD. EVERY SOUL SHE CALLS BACK TAKES SOMETHING FROM HER.

The kingdom that hanged her father and exiled her at fourteen now needs her. A Sunlord’s army of forty thousand is marching on Vareth, and the only force left to stop it lies in the graves.

Ilyra Voss is a gravewarden and a necromancer. She has spent ten years in a frozen village, keeping the dead company and burying her grief. Then the Queen who signed her father’s death warrant begs her for help. The Queen offers a pardon, a name restored, and proof that her father was betrayed.

Ilyra’s magic has a price. Every soul she Names costs her a piece of herself. The first thing to go was the taste of honey. Then her mother’s lullaby. Then her laughter. Now she must raise thousands to hold the line, and she can’t say how much of her will be left when the war is won.

The Chancellor is smiling at the Queen’s table and watching her. The Order that burns the dead wants her ended. Beneath the city, behind three locks, a door waits that her father died to keep shut. It hides a Crown of bone and a buried queen. It also hides a power that could save the kingdom or enslave every soul in it.

THE BONE CROWN is a dark, morally grey fantasy about necromancy, sacrifice and the cost of power. It is perfect for readers of Joe Abercrombie, Garth Nix’s Sabriel, Gideon the Ninth and Mark Lawrence.

If you love:

• A fierce, sharp-tongued heroine who refuses to be anyone’s weapon
• Dark magic with real, devastating costs
• Siege warfare, an army of the dead and a gripping ticking clock
• A slow-burn bond with a scarred captain and a wry undead raven
• Court conspiracies, buried secrets and a twist you won’t see coming

Then you will want to read this book.

How much of yourself would you give to save a kingdom that never wanted you?

Download THE BONE CROWN today and discover what the dead will do for her.

📖 437 pages