From the award-winning author of The Shelterlings and The Lake House comes a haunting novel about sisterhood and grief, where difficult truths must contend with the corrosive power of unchecked lies. After her mother dies, Hannah doesn't know how to exist without her. Literally. In fact, Hannah's not even certain that she does exist. No one seems to see or hear her, and she finds herself utterly alone. Grief-stricken and confused, her sense of self slowly slipping away, Hannah sets out to find new purpose in life--and answers about who (and what) she really is. Hannah's only remaining family is her older sister, Leah. Yet even Leah doesn't seem to notice her. And while Hannah can see and hear her sister, she also sees beautiful and terrible things that don't--or shouldn't--exist. She learns there's much more to this world than meets the eye and struggles to make sense of it all. When Hannah sees Leah taking the same dangerous path that consumed their own mother--where lies supplant reality--she's desperate to get through to her. But facing difficult truths is harder than it looks...
Sarah B. Durst Reihenfolge der Bücher
Sarah Beth Durst ist eine gefeierte Autorin, deren Fantasy-Werke Leser aller Altersgruppen fesseln. Ihre Erzählungen tauchen tief in komplexe Charakterdynamiken und fantasievolle magische Welten ein. Durst wird für ihren unverwechselbaren Stil gefeiert, der spannende Abenteuer mit nachdenklichen Erkundungen der menschlichen Psyche verbindet. Ihr Talent, glaubwürdige fantastische Schauplätze und Charaktere zu erschaffen, etabliert sie als eine bemerkenswerte Stimme im Fantasy-Genre.






- 2024
- 2023
A group of magical misfit animals learns to appreciate their seemingly useless powers-and themselves-when they work together to thwart a villain's attempt to steal their magic. Holly, a grey squirrel, and her animal friends have accepted that they will never be wizards' familiars.
- 2022
Even and Odd
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
A half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain. Even and Odd are sisters who share magic. Lately, though, it seems like that's the only thing they have in common. Odd doesn't like magic, and Even practices it every chance she gets, dreaming of the day she'll be ready to be a hero. When the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, the girls are trapped, unable to return home. With the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, they discover a wizard is diverting magic from the border to bolster her own power. Families are cut off from each other on both sides of the border, and an ecological disaster is brewing. But the wizard cares nothing for the calamitous effects her appropriation of magic is having. Someone has to do something to stop her, and Even realizes she can no longer wait until she's ready: she needs to be a hero now.
- 2021
The Bone Maker
- 475 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived. Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less.She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives.But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all. Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should be dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn’t stop just because someone once said, “the end.”
- 2020
Race the Sands
- 544 Seiten
- 20 Lesestunden
But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and are doomed to be a kehok for the rest of time. Unless you can win the Races. After a celebrated career as an elite kehok rider, Tamra became a professional trainer.
- 2020
Spark
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep--and secret--cost, they recruit students to attempt to spread the truth.
- 2019
The Deepest Blue
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
The natural magic of the classic The Island of the Blue Dolphins meets the danger and courage of The Hunger Games in this dazzling, intricate stand-alone fantasy novel set in award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst's beloved world of Renthia. Life is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene.
- 2018
Fire and Heist
- 292 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
As Sky Hawkins, a were-dragon, faces her first heist she discovers secrets about her missing mother, the true reason her boyfriend broke up with her, and the valuable jewel that could restore her family's wealth and rank.
- 2018
The Reluctant Queen
- 416 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
Praise for The Queen of Blood: Mythopoeic Award-winner Durst launches her Queens of Renthia series with a stellar and imaginative tale. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
- 2012
Drink, Slay, Love
- 400 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
After sixteen-year-old vampire Pearl Sange is stabbed through the heart by a were-unicorn, she develops non-vampire-like traits that lead her to save her high school classmates from the Vampire King of New England.