Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

**From V. E. Schwab, the #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue:* a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.**
*This is a story about hunger.*
**1532\. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.**
A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.
*This is a story about love.*
**1827\. London.**
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.
*This is a story about rage.*
**2019\. Boston.**
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.
***This is a story about life—***
***how it ends, and how it starts.***
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