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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: Maria 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 – Maria 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.

‘Lyrical and immersive . . . sweeping history, deep emotions and [a] touch of magic’
– Cosmopolitan

Readers are obsessed with Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil:

‘A brutal masterclass in tragedy. Page-turning. Heartbreaking. Unforgettable’

‘This book gave me CHILLS’

‘It’s easily one of my favourite books of the year!’

‘I actually am at a loss for words to describe how this book made me feel’

‘This book was beautiful. And gut-wrenching. And I was obsessed’

V. E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025

Publisher Review

Schwab is so good at creating a fantastical world, but letting her characters, and their complexities, take centre stage — Jodi Picoult, author of My Sister’s Keeper Sends you whirling through a dizzying kaleidoscopic adventure through centuries filled with love, loss, art and war . . . you will find yourself in quick turns both aching with heartbreak, and gleefully crowing at the truly delicious, wicked cleverness in store — Naomi Novik on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Addie LaRue is a book perfectly suspended between darkness and light, myth and reality. [This novel] is – ironically – unforgettable — Alix E. Harrow on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The kind of book you encounter only once in a lifetime . . . a defiant, joyous rebellion against time, fate and even death itself – and a powerful reminder that the only magic great enough to conquer all of it is love — Peng Shepherd on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Schwab’s page turner is an achingly poignant romantic fantasy about the desperate desire to make one’s mark on the world — Oprah.com, ‘Best LGBTQ Books of 2020’ on The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue