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The Bone Orchard

bySara A. Mueller

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy intricate fantasy worlds with strong character development and a blend of humor and dark themes.

Topics JusticeBetrayalSurvival

MoodDark, Suspenseful

Female protagonist

HumorOccasional Humor

RomanceMajor Subplot

ViolenceModerate

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow.Charm is a prisoner, and a survivor. Charm tends the trees and their clattering fruit for the sake of her children, painstakingly grown and regrown with its fruit: Shame, Justice, Desire, Pride, and Pain. Charm is a whore, and a madam. The wealthy and powerful of Borenguard come to her house to buy time with the girls who aren't real. Except on Tuesdays, which is when the Emperor himself lays claim to his mistress, Charm herself.But now - Charm is also the only person who can keep an empire together, as the Emperor summons her to his deathbed, and charges her with choosing which of his awful, faithless sons will carry on the empire - by discovering which one is responsible for his own murder.If she does this last thing, she will finally have what has been denied her since the fall of Inshil - her freedom. But if she does, she will also be betraying the ghosts past and present that live on within her heart.Charm must choose. Her dead Emperor's will or the whispers of her own ghosts. Justice for the empire or her own revenge.

Language

Published on

17/04/2023

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781250776969

Price Comparison

15.99 £

18.89 €

19.49 €

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