![]() With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself.Īs she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, Artemisia discovers that facing this hidden evil might require her to betray everything she believes-if the revenant doesn’t betray her first. ![]() ![]() It is a revenant, a malevolent being whose extraordinary power almost consumes her-but death has come, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who whisper about her scarred hands and troubled past. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling, “dark coming-of-age adventure” ( Culturess) about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead.Īrtemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on otherwise, they will rise as ravenous, hungry spirits. ![]()
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