Part of Savage Lands
First published 2022
Věrhăza is worse than anything Brexley survived at Halálház. General Markos runs the new prison with a cruelty that makes the old one look merciful. Brexley's powers are coming in fast and she has no clean way to use them. Every time she reaches for that strength to protect the people she loves, she hands Istvan another piece of information about what she can do. Then the experiments start. Warwick is there beside her, and they are both subjected to what Istvan calls research. What Brexley uncovers about Istvan's true agenda cuts deeper than any physical wound. She does what she has to do. People die. Her hands carry the proof of that, and the guilt settles into her bones. Brexley has spent this whole story being the one who fights back, who holds the line. But there is a limit to how much a person absorbs before the fighter and the monster start to look the same. That question sits at the center of this book and does not let go.
Genres: fantasy, adult, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-thriller, dark-fantasy
Vibes: dark, gritty, intense, morally-complex, suspenseful, visceral
Tropes: forced-proximity, found-family, power-discovery, trauma-bonding
Setting: Věrhăza, Halálház
382 pages · Paperback · Twisted Fairy Publishing
Content warnings: abuse, graphic-violence, torture