" There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today. "―Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author of Vampires of El Norte "Read this book. Let its deliciously dark world envelop you.... You'll thank me later."―Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of Divergent and Chosen Ones Sabriel meets Witch King in Kerstin Hall's beguiling new Nebula and Locus Award finalist novel. Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024, and a New York Public Library Best-Of Pick We choose our own gods here. Karys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch being―three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving―who has granted her the ability to communicate with the newly departed. She pays the rent by using her abilities to investigate suspicious deaths around the troubled city she calls home. When a job goes sideways and connects her to a dying stranger with some very dangerous secrets, her entire world is upended. Ferain is willing to pay a ludicrous sum of money for her help. To save him, Karys inadvertently binds him to her shadow, an act that may doom them both. If they want to survive, they will need to learn to trust one another. Together, they must journey to the heart of a faded empire, all the while haunted by arcane horrors, and the unquiet ghosts of their pasts. And all too soon, Karys knows her debts will come due. A Nebula Award Finalist, Locus Award Finalist, Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024, and a New York Public Library Best-Of Pick " Read this book. Let its deliciously dark world envelop you. Fall in love with its complicated, wounded, winsome characters. Feel every last feeling. You'll thank me later."―Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of Divergent and Chosen Ones " There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today ― Asunder is a masterful novel, one that is both intimately character-focused and layered with intrigue, eldritch horrors, and high-octane action. It is immersive, inventive, and intensely unputdownable. I was spellbound from the first pages."―Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author of Vampires of El Norte " Immensely enjoyable. Kerstin Hall's writing is simply awesome."―Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice " Hall ( Second Spear ) weaves a fascinating tapestry of mythology and divine politics that she underscores with deep, complicated relationships . . . . This compelling mix of horror, found family, and intricate mythology will appeal to those who loved Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin."― Library Journal , starred review "Dazzling and eclectic. . .With elements of gut-turning horror, adventure, and romance, this is a powerhouse. "― Publishers Weekly, starred review "Kerstin Hall delivers both demonic horrors and magical wonder with effortless, incredible imagination. Like its maybe-more-than-a-companion and vivid band of adventurers, Asunder will attach to your soul, ease open your tired heart, and take you across the world. This is fantasy like I've never quite read ."―Wen-yi Lee, author of The Dark We Know "Karys Eska keeps making desperate pacts just to stay alive, and every single one of them goes wrong. Asunder is a fast-paced dark fantasy, beautifully, bloodily eldritch, but also a political crime thriller in a setting where even divinity is violently contested. Karys finds all her debts―her gods, her families, and her clients―coming due at once, and the hardest people to trust are the ones closest to her."―Vajra Chandrasekera, Nebula Award-winning author of The Saint of Bright Doors "Once again, Hall proves herself a worldbuilder of rare talent― Asunder will pull readers into a richly detailed narrative from which it is nearly impossible to surface. "―Premee Mohamed, Nebula Award-winning author of Beneath the Rising “Kerstin Hall writes sharp, fierce stories with precise and visceral prose, and with worldbuilding that possesses a keen sense for the weird, the haunting, the marvellous, and the twistedly strange…. Asunder is a thoughtful novel, complex and deep. It’s also a fast-paced, tense ride through a world that doesn’t hold back from glittering weirdness…. Phenomenal .” ― Locus “ Asunder is an astonishing novel, effortlessly ambitious and surprising , making full use of the tools of fantastic literature. My heart has still not recovered.”―Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered Book " A stellar damn book. It's Sabriel meets Hellraiser post a brutal invasion of gods slaughtering all the current gods.... The world is fantastically different and painfully familiar. Get this!"―Brent Lambert, Hugo Award-winning author of A Necessary Chaos “I love the world evoked here, I love the characters, and I love every twist of the knife that Hall gets in before the story is