A breathtaking fairytale retelling by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows -- a sweeping, fantastical saga of actions and consequences.All gifts come with a price.Hazel Trépas has always known she wasn’t like her siblings. A thirteenth child, promised to one of the gods, she spends her childhood waiting for her benefactor—Merrick, the god of death--to arrive and take her away.When he does, he lays out exactly what he’s planned for Hazel’s future. She will become a great and celebrated healer. To aid her endeavors, Merrick blesses Hazel with a gift, the ability to instantly deduce the exact cure needed to treat the sick. But all gifts come with a price.Hazel can see when Death has claimed a patient and is tasked with ending their suffering . . . permanently. Haunted by the ghosts of those she’s killed, Hazel longs to run. But destiny brings her to the royal court, where she meets Leopold, a rakish prince with a disdain for everyone and everything. And th
