The monsters came on her twenty-fourth birthday.

The same day Aleks’s world collapsed. The same evening a mysterious man emerged from the forest, bearing the insignia of the very institution that damned their world to begin with and promising answers to questions she never thought to ask.

Sebastian is arrogant, unreadable, and impossible to trust. He’s also the only person who seems to know anything about the creatures hunting her blood. When Aleks follows Sebastian, she finds a city built on stolen magic, buried secrets, and a corruption that predates both of them—one that has already taken everyone she once loved.

As their forced alliance thaws, Aleks must learn to wield a power she never asked for, uncover a truth her own family has hidden for twenty years, and decide exactly what she’s willing to sacrifice to fix their mistakes and save this city that alarmingly has begun to feel like home.

Interwoven with her mother’s story—a woman whose choices shaped the war now threatening Aleks—Blood and Sickle reveals the secrets, betrayals, and impossible sacrifices that bound two generations together.

Blood and Sickle is the first book in a dark, Slavic-inspired romantic fantasy trilogy, perfect for readers of Naomi Novik’s lush folklore-steeped worldbuilding and Danielle L. Jensen’s morally gray, enemies-to-lovers political intrigue.