Books & Bone

By Victoria Corva

A Librarians-and-Necromancy Fantasy with Small Town Charm in a City of the Dead

The others believe in blood and bone. Ree believes in books.

She manages the libraries and draws maps for the denizens of her hometown, a secret society of necromancers hiding in a sprawling underground crypt. Though they look down on her for not practicing their craft, Ree has bigger ambitions than raising the dead. She’s going to resurrect therianthropy, the ancient magic of shapeshifting. Or at least -- she’ll do it if it really exists. And if she can find the books that prove it.

But Smythe, a chatty historian from the world above, stumbles into the crypt and takes a curse meant for Ree. Now she has to find a way to save him, keep the townsfolk off her back, and convince her necromancer parents that shapeshifting is a viable career path.

Ree is certain that if she and Smythe combine their scholarly skill sets, they’ll find the right books to solve their problems. But Ree’s search for power might put the entire town in danger, and her father and the other townsfolk want Smythe dead lest he reveal their home to a world that hates them.

SEMI-FINALIST IN THE SPFBO5 FANTASY CONTEST
NOMINATED FOR BEST DEBUT IN THE BOOKNEST FANTASY AWARDS 2019

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victoria Corva
• Release date: Apr 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781916100916

Victoria Corva

Victoria Corva writes things and reads things and reads things out loud, and sometimes she gets paid for that, which is nice because it means she can feed her cat.She lives in Wiltshire with her partner and her furry familiar and as many books as she could fit in her small flat.She is anxious and autistic and doing just fine.To find out more about her and read more of her work, visit https://victoriacorva.xyz