Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Paperback

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab.

Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them.

1532. León, Spain: María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, María makes a desperate choice.

1827. London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom – if she sells her soul.

2019. Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers . . . and retribution.

Defying time and all odds, these women’s fates become tangled like roots. This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again.

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'A rich, lush labyrinth of a book . . . It had me by the throat from the first page'– Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters

'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab'– Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister's Keeper

'I absolutely devoured it . . . It's utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic'– Bridget Collins, author of The Binding

'Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller . . . goes down as easy as that happy-hour cocktail'– The New York Times

‘Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women . . . Lyrical and immersive’– Cosmopolitan