From #1 New York Times Bestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology flush with doomed romance and macabre magic, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi. ONE Criers are the last descendants of an ancient famille charged with using the magic they draw from animal ONEs to shepherd the dead into the afterlife-lest they drain the light from the living. Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become their matriarch, but first she must complete her rite of passage: to kill the boy shes destined to love. Bastiens father was slain by a ONE Crier and hes been seeking revenge ever since. Now his vengeance must wait, as Ailesses ritual has begun and their fates are entwined-in life and in death.