Bright Smoke, Cold Fire

Sabriel meets Romeo and Juliet in this stunning and atmospheric YA fantasy romance novel—the first in a duology—from the author of Cruel Beauty and Crimson Bound.

When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched.

The heirs of the city’s most powerful—and warring—families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou, are star-crossed lovers who share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself. But the...