Books & Bone

A Librarians-and-Necromancy Fantasy with Small Town Charm in a City of the DeadThe others believe in blood and bone. Ree believes in books.She manages the libraries and draws maps for the denizens of her hometown, a secret society of necromancers hiding in a sprawling underground crypt. Though they look down on her for not practicing their craft, Ree has bigger ambitions than raising the dead. She's going to resurrect therianthropy, the ancient magic of shapeshifting. Or at least — she'll do it if it really exists. And if she can find the books that prove it.But Smythe, a chatty historian from the world above, stumbles into the crypt and takes a curse meant for Ree. Now she has to find a way to save him, keep the townsfolk off her back, and convince her necromancer parents that shapeshifting is a viable career path.Ree is certain that if she and Smythe combine their scholarly skill sets, they'll find the right books to solve their problems. But...