Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V. E. Schwab

Michael Harley · Currently reading since August 30, 2026

Fantasy, Fiction · 533 pages · Tor

This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

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