Beasts of Hedge End

Empire of Bones: Book 3

The truth is carved in bone.

Hedge End is finally safe, and Clara Aldridge means to keep it that way. As acting mayor she has a city to rebuild, a thief she loves who’s struggling to outrun his past, and an uncle whose crimes may never be forgiven. Then a mysterious bone pendant reveals that Violet Cooke—long believed dead—is alive in the distant Ebonridge Empire, and Clara is pulled into a mystery that threatens far more than her fragile peace.

To find Violet, she must venture into an empire where memories are carved into bone and the past itself can be rewritten. With Willoughby Tanner at her side and her disgraced uncle as their reluctant guide, Clara follows a trail of stolen memories and secrets worth killing for—until she begins to question her own memories and who she can trust.

The deeper they delve into Ebonridge’s dark secrets, the clearer it becomes that the real danger isn’t what was erased. It’s what someone wants the world to remember. And if Clara can’t stop them, the truth may be lost forever.