For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements–books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Antisemitism mentioned
- Self-harm for magic
- Alcohol consumption
- Graphic blood & gore depiction including body horror and dead bodies
- Emesis
- Death of parents recounted
- Kidnapping recounted
- Torture recounted
- Gun violence
- Fire