Beschreibung
Fourteen-year-old Olivia Prior is missing three things: a mother, a father, and a voice. One day she receives a letter from an uncle she’s never met, summoning her to his estate. She discovers that her uncle is dead and the estate almost empty. Olivia remains, but must follow two rules: don’t go out after dusk, and always stay on the right side of a wall. It’s hiding secrets of an ancient and magical realm, which calls to Olivia through her blood…
V.E. Schwab is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Gallant, the top -10 Sunday Times bestselling The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, the acclaimed Shades of Magic trilogy, Vicious and Vengeful and The Near Witch. Her short story, ‘First Kill’, from the anthology Vampires Never Get Old, is now a Netflix series. When not haunting Paris streets or trudging up English hillsides, she lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is usually tucked in the corner of a coffee shop, dreaming up monsters.