![]() Soon, a crushing loss of one of her closest companions leaves Odessa shattered, and reveals a disturbing conspiracy in Karthia: Someone is intentionally creating Shades by tearing shrouds from the Dead-and training them to attack. ![]() If even a hint of flesh is exposed, a grotesque transformation begins, turning the Dead into terrifying, bloodthirsty Shades.Ī dramatic uptick in Shade attacks raises suspicions and fears around the kingdom. But there is a cost to being raised: the Dead must remain shrouded. Whenever a noble dies, it's Odessa's job to raise them by retrieving their soul from a dreamy and dangerous shadow world called the Deadlands. Odessa is one of Karthia's master necromancers, catering to the kingdom's ruling Dead. ![]() "This edgy fantasy doesn't just blur boundaries of genre, of gender, of past and present, life and death-it explodes them." -Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Realms and The Shattered Realms ![]()
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