The Silence Bargains

<p>An alchemical gothic fantasy of resurrection debt and forbidden bargains.</p><p>Death is not an ending. It is an agreement.</p><p>Ethan Lowe a restless apothecary has spent years chasing the forbidden art of resurrection. When his final experiment goes too far it is his apprentice-Lenora Carter-who must decide whether to let him go... or to follow the trail of ink bone and blood he left behind.</p><p>But life is not given back freely. It is bargained for. And when Lenora calls Ethan back across the Veil she discovers the price: a hollow hunger in the man she once trusted and a ledger that records every promise left unpaid.</p><p>As the shimmer spreads and the Veil presses against their frost-bound town Lenora must confront the truth: Ethan's return is not salvation but a debt that threatens to consume them all.</p><p>Haunting lyrical and steeped in gothic alchemy The Silence Bargains is perfect for readers of Mexican Gothic Gideon the Ninth and Piranesi-a tale of love loyalty and the terrible price of defying death.</p>