Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are Boneless Mercies – death-traders, hired to kill quickly, quietly and mercifully. It is a job for women, and women only. Men will not do this sad, dark work.
Frey has no family, no home, no fortune, and yet her blood sings a song of glory. So when she hears of a monster slaughtering men, women, and children in a northern jarldom, she decides this the Mercies’ one chance to change their fate… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Sexism
- Ableism & ableist language
- Parental abandonment recounted
- Child abuse
- Attempted forced child sex work mentioned
- Suicide & assisted voluntary euthanasia, on-page
- Suicidal ideation & attempted suicide recounted
- Self-flagellation, on-page
- Dead bodies & body parts
- Blood & gore depiction
- Eyeball trauma
- Serious physical injury & illness
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a child, on-page
- Death of a sister recounted
- Death of a girlfriend recounted
- Death of a mentor recounted
- Death of a parent from illness recounted
- Death of a friend, on-page
- Graphic murder & attempted murder (theme)
- Knife, axe & attempted murder
- Hanging, off-page
- Poisoning
- Graphic drowning
- Kidnapping & captivity
- War themes & battle scenes
- Animal attack
- Graphic animal death
- Animal abuse
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