Our Bloody Souls

The deadly struggle for Jumaral’s throne continues to its brutal end in this dark fantasy sequel to My Keen Knife, a Shakespeare-inspired tale of power, betrayal, and bloodlines.

Be bloody, bold, and resolute.
Adelina Malves prepares for her coronation as queen of Jumaral, her goal within reach despite the failure with the lightning spell. With most people sufficiently convinced that her rule is goddess-blessed after a “flood” killed everyone else in the line of succession, Adelina steels herself against the ghosts crowding her mind and the spot of blood she can’t clean off her hands.

Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are.
Jasibin is trapped in the Beyond with Ostrea, tasked with driving his brother and Adelina insane. And it seems to be working, even though Jas feels guilty for torturing the people who betrayed him. As Jas gathers whispers from the other ghosts in the Beyond, he starts his own search for Calixto, the missing prince who could topple Adelina’s reign before it really begins.

Sebastião, beware Marques, beware the Maid of Lis.
Seba is simultaneously haunted by the voice of his mother and the apparition of the king he murdered. His sanity hangs by a mere thread when he receives another prophecy that reveals how he will die, and he begins to wonder if he will live long enough to be crowned king.

In this epic conclusion to Ana Davis’s stunning MacBeth retelling, three teenagers fight to save their country—even if they have different ideas of what the country truly needs.