A girl without gifts must bargain for the power to battle her own mother’s dark schemes-even if the price is her lifestyle.

Crackling with dark magic, unspeakable betrayal, and daring twists you won’t see arriving, this explosive YA dream debut is normally a can’t-miss, high-stakes epic ideal for devotees of Strange the Dreamer and Children of Blood and Bone.

“Magnetic and addictive. This book is black girl magic at its finest.”-New York Moments bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton

Heir to two about Kingdom of Souls lines of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. However she fails at bone magic, does not call upon her ancestors, and fails to surpass her family’s legacy. Under the disapproving eye of her mom, the Kingdom’s most powerful priestess and seer, she fears she may hardly ever be good enough.

But when the Kingdom’s kids begin to disappear, Arrah is desperate more than enough to turn to a forbidden, dangerous ritual. If she has no magic of her very own, she’ll need to purchase it-by trading aside years of her own life.

Arrah’s borrowed power reveals a nightmarish betrayal, and on its heels, a rising tide of darkness that threatens to take her and those she loves. She must competition to unravel a twisted and lethal scheme… prior to the combat costs a lot more than she are able.

Set in a richly imagined globe inspired by whispered stories of voodoo and folk magic, Rena Barron’s captivating debut is the beginning of a thrilling saga about a gal caught between gods, monsters, and the gift as well as the curse of power.

“Masterful.”-SLJ (starred review)