Description
The year is 1635.
Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant, escape a band of marauding soldiers and disappear into the Bavarian forest. War scorches the land, and no one survives it alone. Amid the devastation, they find the gilded skull of a saint in the arms of a dying woman.
It is said that if you reunite the saint's skull with her body, a wish will be granted. Desperate for salvation, and each with secret desires of their own, Ursula and Elsebeth follow a ragged map across the blighted countryside. But darkness follows them: a necromancer drawn to the relic's power, and the saint herself, whispering at night. As the lines between blessing and curse blur, the women must face a harrowing truth: the magic they seek comes at a cost.
At the journey's end, they'll face an impossible choice—one that could tear apart everything they know… or bind them to each other forever.
A skull's grin is eternal… A sapphic folk-horror tour de force — perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy.
Endorsements
Bram Stoker Award–nominee and USA Today bestseller Johanna van Veen.
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