Veinbound

The Red Bargain

De: Anne Pengelly

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The blood always remembers who spilled it.
In the world of Elthara, magic is not a gift. It is a transaction. Blood is currency. Debt is doctrine. And the Red Church holds the ledger. Nyxa Reddane was raised at the margins, an orphan taught hedge magic by a hedge priestess, in a village that tolerated them both but never trusted them. She learned early to stay small, stay quiet, and never bleed where a Collector could see. Then she saved a life she should have left to the ledger. Now she is Excommunicate Maleficaria, the highest crime the Red Church can name. Marked a heretic. Hunted by Thorns. And the only way forward is deeper into the system she was raised to fear. Fleeing as her old life burns, Nyxa finds unexpected allies in the Bone Choir: hunted practitioners who work their blood magic in the unseen margins of the world. They are broken, brilliant, and dangerous. And they may be the only people who can help her understand what she truly is. But the Red Church does not forgive. It records. And every debt, eventually, comes due.

"A must-read novel for fans of thought-provoking dark fantasy... shadowy, brilliant, and layered with timely symbolism... a ravenous cut above other works of dark fantasy, and the fantasy genre on the whole." — Self-Publishing Review

Perfect for readers of Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb, and V.E. Schwab.
For fans of morally complex heroines, blood-soaked magic systems, and worlds where every choice demands a price. The Red Bargain Trilogy — Book 1 of 3. Complete series available now.