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A 2021 American fantasy by Creator/SarahBethDurst that follows four surviving heroes after battling an evil magician and the fifth hero exiling herself to resurrect her dead husband in violent of of ancient law but she is determined to find his bones while a threat soon arises.
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A 2021 American epic fantasy novel by Creator/SarahBethDurst that follows four surviving heroes after battling an evil Creator/SarahBethDurst.
In the Land of Vos, bone mages animate fantastic constructs, bestow superhuman abilities, and even divine the future. Kreya seeks to raise the dead.
It has been twenty-five years since Kreya led the five Heroes of Vos to victory against the corrupt magicianand the fifth hero exiling herself to resurrect Eklor, losing her dead husband in violent of of ancient law but she the attack. The forbidden magic to return him to life is determined to find almost within her grasp. However, her search reveals that Eklor's influence did not end with his bones while a threat soon arises.
death, forcing her to end her self-imposed exile and reunite her former comrades.
In the Land of Vos, bone mages animate fantastic constructs, bestow superhuman abilities, and even divine the future. Kreya seeks to raise the dead.
It has been twenty-five years since Kreya led the five Heroes of Vos to victory against the corrupt magician
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* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an [[PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier unidentified matte-white metal]] is stronger still.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book. now, new signs of Eklor's VillainousLegacy draw them out of retirement and force them to reevaluate the people they've become.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book. now, new signs of Eklor's VillainousLegacy draw them out of retirement and force them to reevaluate the people they've become.
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* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman tailsmans inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an [[PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier unidentified matte-white metal]] is stronger still.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book.now, Now, new signs of Eklor's VillainousLegacy draw them out of retirement and force them to reevaluate the people they've become.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book.
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* PostAdventureAdventure: Set 25 years after the five legendary Heroes of Vos killed the SorcerousOverlord Eklor. The protagonist, their former leader, has to do a RetiredBadassRoundup when she catches wind that Eklor came BackFromTheDead.
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* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an unidentified matte-white metal is stronger still.
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* DueToTheDead: People of Vos burn their dead on funeral pyres to mourn them and to [[FirePurifies render their bones magically inert]]. Bone magic is a [[MundaneFantastic common industry]] in Vos, but the use of human bone is [[TheDarkArts utterly taboo]].
* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an [[PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier unidentified matte-whitemetal metal]] is stronger still.
* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an [[PlatinumMakesEverythingShinier unidentified matte-white
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* FarmBoy: Zera began life as a farmer's daughter, joined the Bone Worker's Guild, became one of the five Heroes of Vos, and ended up as a fabulously wealthy and well-renowned bone wizard in Cerre's most elite district. When she asks a friend what he thinks of her hedonistic lifestyle, he points out how well she's done for herself.
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* FarmBoy: Zera began life as a farmer's daughter, joined the Bone Worker's Guild, became one of the five Heroes of Vos, and ended up as a fabulously wealthy and well-renowned bone wizard in Cerre's most elite district. When she asks a friend what he thinks of her hedonistic lifestyle, he points out how well she's done for herself.herself.
* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Kreya and Jentt's meal at Zera's opulent estate begins with an artfully plated ''something'' that looks like a squishy white square and tastes of herbal soap. They spit it out in unison but, fortunately, find the other courses much more palatable.
-->'''Jentt:''' Vegetable, animal, or mineral?
* HiddenDepths: Guine is introduced as one of [[MrViceGuy Zera]]'s many beautiful, muscular, interchangeable boy-toys -- of which he is definitely the first two. However, he also reveals himself to be quite perceptive, good at administrative work, and reliable in a crisis, and after they admit they genuinely care about each other, Zera [[spoiler:promotes him to her second-in-command as Guild Master.]]
* MealTicket: Zera is a female example, living in palatial luxury with a large and ever-rotating stable of beautiful, athletic lovers. She offhandedly reassures Guine that she'll set him up for life in a house of his own when she tires of him. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's the one to reveal HiddenDepths and eventually get promoted to her second-in-command.]]
* MrViceGuy: Zera lives in a palatial estate with more casual lovers than she can even name. She's also one of the legendary Heroes of Vos, one of the most proficient and respected bone wizards on the continent, and even ''more'' capable than she was in her glory days.
* NakedNutter: As a MadOracle, Marso took to spending his days naked in a public fountain in a busy market square. The choice of locale was intended to drown out his visions with mundane noise; the lack of clothing was presumably because he's [[BarefootPoverty dead broke]] and unhinged from reality.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: [[spoiler:Kreya ultimately hides Eklor's spell to bring people BackFromTheDead by granting them [[CastFromLifespan part of the spellcaster's own lifespan]], deciding that it poses too great a temptation to use wisely. Crucially, it can be modified to steal a third party's lifespan instead.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Eklor]] insists that he and Kreya are alike because they were both driven to [[TheDarkArts forbidden magic]] by [[{{Necromantic}} the death of a loved one]]. She's [[ShutUpHannibal equally insistent]] that his mass-murder, RevengeByProxy, and [[NeverMyFault abdication of personal responsibility]] set him apart.
* OminousFog: One perpetually misty mountain valley is so infested with deadly monsters that the locals assume anybody who enters the mists is as good as gone. The heroes {{exploit|edTrope}} this to cover their tracks, but have some very near misses there themselves.
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[MrViceGuy Zera]] mentions that some of her customers use her MagicEnhancement talismans for intimate purposes. It's unclear whether she's telling the truth about SuperSpeed-enhanced orgies, but she is about one official whose wife likes SuperStrength in the bedroom.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Twenty-five years after the five Heroes of Vos defeated the SorcerousOverlord Eklor, their leader spots signs of a VillainousLegacy that drive her to bring them out of retirement. This is somewhat complicated by one of them being a father, another insane, and a third dead. [[spoiler:Nonetheless, they all eventually join her.]]
* SharedLifeEnergy: Kreya uncovered a spell to bring people BackFromTheDead by [[CastFromLifespan transferring years]] of the spellcaster's own life. She happily splits her remaining lifespan with her dead husband, but they decide NoManShouldHaveThisPower when they learn that [[spoiler:the the spell can steal other people's lifespans instead.]]
* WetBlanketWife: {{Subverted|Trope}} with the RetiredBadass Stran's wife Amurra. She's initially opposed to him coming out of retirement and admits to hating Kreya for calling on him. However, when they realize it's for a truly important cause, she throws her full support behind them and becomes a valuable ally.
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* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Kreya and Jentt's meal at Zera's opulent estate begins with an artfully plated ''something'' that looks like a squishy white square and tastes of herbal soap. They spit it out in unison but, fortunately, find the other courses much more palatable.
-->'''Jentt:''' Vegetable, animal, or mineral?
* HiddenDepths: Guine is introduced as one of [[MrViceGuy Zera]]'s many beautiful, muscular, interchangeable boy-toys -- of which he is definitely the first two. However, he also reveals himself to be quite perceptive, good at administrative work, and reliable in a crisis, and after they admit they genuinely care about each other, Zera [[spoiler:promotes him to her second-in-command as Guild Master.]]
* MealTicket: Zera is a female example, living in palatial luxury with a large and ever-rotating stable of beautiful, athletic lovers. She offhandedly reassures Guine that she'll set him up for life in a house of his own when she tires of him. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's the one to reveal HiddenDepths and eventually get promoted to her second-in-command.]]
* MrViceGuy: Zera lives in a palatial estate with more casual lovers than she can even name. She's also one of the legendary Heroes of Vos, one of the most proficient and respected bone wizards on the continent, and even ''more'' capable than she was in her glory days.
* NakedNutter: As a MadOracle, Marso took to spending his days naked in a public fountain in a busy market square. The choice of locale was intended to drown out his visions with mundane noise; the lack of clothing was presumably because he's [[BarefootPoverty dead broke]] and unhinged from reality.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: [[spoiler:Kreya ultimately hides Eklor's spell to bring people BackFromTheDead by granting them [[CastFromLifespan part of the spellcaster's own lifespan]], deciding that it poses too great a temptation to use wisely. Crucially, it can be modified to steal a third party's lifespan instead.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Eklor]] insists that he and Kreya are alike because they were both driven to [[TheDarkArts forbidden magic]] by [[{{Necromantic}} the death of a loved one]]. She's [[ShutUpHannibal equally insistent]] that his mass-murder, RevengeByProxy, and [[NeverMyFault abdication of personal responsibility]] set him apart.
* OminousFog: One perpetually misty mountain valley is so infested with deadly monsters that the locals assume anybody who enters the mists is as good as gone. The heroes {{exploit|edTrope}} this to cover their tracks, but have some very near misses there themselves.
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[MrViceGuy Zera]] mentions that some of her customers use her MagicEnhancement talismans for intimate purposes. It's unclear whether she's telling the truth about SuperSpeed-enhanced orgies, but she is about one official whose wife likes SuperStrength in the bedroom.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Twenty-five years after the five Heroes of Vos defeated the SorcerousOverlord Eklor, their leader spots signs of a VillainousLegacy that drive her to bring them out of retirement. This is somewhat complicated by one of them being a father, another insane, and a third dead. [[spoiler:Nonetheless, they all eventually join her.]]
* SharedLifeEnergy: Kreya uncovered a spell to bring people BackFromTheDead by [[CastFromLifespan transferring years]] of the spellcaster's own life. She happily splits her remaining lifespan with her dead husband, but they decide NoManShouldHaveThisPower when they learn that [[spoiler:the the spell can steal other people's lifespans instead.]]
* WetBlanketWife: {{Subverted|Trope}} with the RetiredBadass Stran's wife Amurra. She's initially opposed to him coming out of retirement and admits to hating Kreya for calling on him. However, when they realize it's for a truly important cause, she throws her full support behind them and becomes a valuable ally.
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A 2021 American fantasy by Creator/SarahBethDurst that follows four surviving heroes after battling an evil magician and the fifth hero exiling herself to resurrect her dead husband in violent of of ancient law but she is determined to find his bones while a threat soon arises.
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* CraftedFromAnimals: Bone Magic works best when it can imbue some attribute of the source animal into the finished product, like a tailsman that grants its wearer a bear's strength or a construct that can scale cliffs like a mountain goat. And then there's the forbidden power of human bone...
* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an unidentified matte-white metal is stronger still.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book. now, new signs of Eklor's VillainousLegacy draw them out of retirement and force them to reevaluate the people they've become.
* FarmBoy: Zera began life as a farmer's daughter, joined the Bone Worker's Guild, became one of the five Heroes of Vos, and ended up as a fabulously wealthy and well-renowned bone wizard in Cerre's most elite district. When she asks a friend what he thinks of her hedonistic lifestyle, he points out how well she's done for herself.
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!Tropes for the novel:
* CraftedFromAnimals: Bone Magic works best when it can imbue some attribute of the source animal into the finished product, like a tailsman that grants its wearer a bear's strength or a construct that can scale cliffs like a mountain goat. And then there's the forbidden power of human bone...
* ElementalCrafting: Though the source of the bone is the most important factor, bone tailsman inlaid with more precious metals appear to be more powerful. Kreya recognizes gold-inlaid tailsmans as being the best, and assumes that one inlaid with an unidentified matte-white metal is stronger still.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Kreya and her crew are the five Heroes of Vos - expert mages and warriors who became legendary for slaying the SorcerousOverlord Eklor twenty-five years before the time of the book. now, new signs of Eklor's VillainousLegacy draw them out of retirement and force them to reevaluate the people they've become.
* FarmBoy: Zera began life as a farmer's daughter, joined the Bone Worker's Guild, became one of the five Heroes of Vos, and ended up as a fabulously wealthy and well-renowned bone wizard in Cerre's most elite district. When she asks a friend what he thinks of her hedonistic lifestyle, he points out how well she's done for herself.
