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.