Cette série transporte les lecteurs dans le pays de Bethel, une société gouvernée par la parole d'un prophète et le respect strict de la loi religieuse. Suivez le voyage d'une jeune femme marginalisée pour ses origines, qui lutte pour se conformer à des traditions rigides. Sa vie prend un tournant dramatique lorsqu'elle découvre un monde caché de magie puissante et un complot menaçant l'ordre établi. Elle découvrira de sombres vérités sur les prophètes et l'église, la forçant à affronter une obscurité imminente. Préparez-vous à un conte épique sur le destin, la rébellion et la lutte pour la vérité.
Set in a strict, puritanical society, the story follows a young woman who uncovers her latent dark powers. This feminist fantasy debut explores themes of self-discovery and empowerment as she navigates the constraints of her environment while embracing her newfound abilities.
Wanted: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply... Marion Shaw is a child of the slums. She yearns to escape the city and its miseries but has no real hope -- until a strange advertisement catches her eye: someone is seeking a 'bloodmaid'. Marion applies for the position and days later finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger -- poised to enter a world that is dark, debauched and very dangerous. And there, at the centre of it all, is Countess Lisavet. Loved and feared in equal measure, she is both charismatic and seductive -- and she takes a special interest in Marion. But then bloodmaids begin to go missing, and Marion finds herself at the centre of a terrifying game of cat and mouse. She must learn the rules of her new home before it become her grave...