“The dead of Loraille do not rest.
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past.
When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being that threatens to possess her the moment she drops her guard. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself.
As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.: - taken from Goodreads.com
I adore every fantasy book Margaret Rogerson has previously written but Vespertine is a bit different. The beginning of a new series, unfortunately, this book dragged along at different times. Artemisia is a Gray Sister, attending to the dead to keep their spirits from inhabiting and wreaking havoc in the world. Possessed as a young child and saved by the sisters, she is comfortable with her way of life. When her convent is attacked, it is up to her to save and eventually weld the holy relic hidden in the catacombs. Artemisia and the revenant soon make a formable team as they begin to grow comfortable with one another.
With a bit of a cliffhanger, readers will definitely want to learn how the battle between good and evil may play out. Book two’s publication date is unknown at this time.
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