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Something Dark and Holy Series

This series plunges readers into a dark, gothic world torn apart by a holy war between two rival nations. Follow the journey of a young woman granted divine power, forced to confront ancient evils and entrenched traditions. Expect a captivating tale of magic, forbidden alliances, and treacherous battles where the lines between righteousness and monstrosity blur, all set against a backdrop of chilling folklore and desperate conflict.

Blessed Monsters
Ruthless Gods
Wicked Saints

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  1. 1

    Wicked Saints

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    3.6(27906)Add rating

    An instant New York Times bestseller! A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. Wicked Saints is the thrilling start to Emily A. Duncan’s devastatingly Gothic Something Dark and Holy trilogy. This edition uses deckle edges; the uneven paper edge is intentional.

    Wicked Saints
  2. 2

    Ruthless Gods

    • 544 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
    3.9(1086)Add rating

    The stunning sequel to instant New York Times bestseller, Wicked Saints "Ruthless Gods opens the door to a world of fallen gods and eldritch horrors... Gruesome, grotesque, and so, so glorious." - Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Their paths are being orchestrated by someone...or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. In her dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in her Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. "Ruthless Gods will leave fans demanding the final installment in the trilogy." - Christine Lynn Herman, author of The Devouring Gray This edition uses deckle edges; the uneven paper edge is intentional.

    Ruthless Gods
  3. 3

    Blessed Monsters

    • 544 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
    3.5(3338)Add rating

    The girl, the monster, the prince, the queen. They broke the world. And some things can never be undone. In Emily A. Duncan's Blessed Monsters, they must unite once more to fight the dark chaos they've unleashed - but is it already too late?

    Blessed Monsters