Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab SPRAYED EDGE

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532.

León, Spain: María, wild and wily, knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers her a dark alternative path, María makes a desperate choice. 1827.

London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she can buy her freedom – if she sells her soul. 2019.

Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers . . . and retribution. Defying time and all odds, these women’s fates become tangled like roots.

This is a story about life: how it ends, and how it starts again.

• * * 'A rich, lush labyrinth of a book . . . It had me by the throat from the first page'– Emma Stonex
• 'Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab'– Jodi Picoult
• 'I absolutely devoured it . . . It's utterly absorbing, atmospheric and perfectly gothic'– Bridget Collins
• 'Schwab has impressively woven a compelling character drama and feminist critique into a horror thriller . . . goes down as easy as that happy-hour cocktail'– The New York Times
• ‘Spanning centuries, this entrancing queer love story follows three women . . . Lyrical and immersive’– Cosmopolitan
• V. E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16/06/2025

Format:Paperback / softback 672 pages
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Tor
ISBN:9781035064663
Published:30 Jul 2026
Classifications:Of specific Lesbian interest, Horror & ghost stories, Fantasy, Fiction: special features, Monsters & legendary beings
Weight:448g
Dimensions:129 x 197 x 42 (mm)