The Keeper of Night

Omtale

Sharp and seductivea fantasy with teeth. Julie C. Dao, author of Forest of a Thousand LanternsA girl of two worlds, accepted by none A half Reaper, half Shinigami soul collector seeks her destiny in this haunting and compulsively readable dark fantasy duology set in 1890s Japan. Death is her destiny.Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can.When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance shes never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth to care for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Deathonly to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy. Determined to earn respect, Ren accepts an impossible taskfind and eliminate three dangerous Yokai demonsand learns how far shell go to claim her place at Deaths side.Don't miss the must-read sequel coming in 2022!