Ritual, noun The established form for a ceremony, including the order of words and actions, often linked with religious or magical practices. No. Absolutely not. Bad plan. We're all going to die. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. All physicists know that. Amy Matthews is no exception, even as she struggles through the emotional wreckage left by her last confrontation with Evergreen Technologies. Trying to adjust to life without Eddie - her one constant since she arrived in Oxford six years ago - Amy seeks a distraction. When her brother-in-law is called in to consult on the exhumation of an undiscovered burial mound, Amy is happy to lend a hand. Considering their track record working together, she really should have known better. Young men across the city fall into inexplicable comas. Tempers fray as winter locks the land with frost. A host of frightening apparitions ride through the night. And then the murders begin... An unexpected find in a hidden part of the museum points to a familiar enemy, but more forces are at work than the mere human desire for revenge. Harker & Blackthorn have diced with death before but never like this. And for Steve, the price is too high... Everything they've worked for hangs in the balance, but can their friendship survive the trials ahead? A tale older than the telling is hurtling to its conclusion. Two kings will rise. One will wear the crown. One will fall. Only Amy can choose which... Crowned with Bone is the fifth book in the hair-raising Harker & Blackthorn series. If you like snarky heroines, thrilling mysteries, shadowy scientific organisations and enigmatic creatures, you'll love this kickass urban fantasy adventure series. Join the team today! Series order; Slice of Death Loch & Quay Acquainted with the Night Season of Mists Crowned with Bone Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (novella, coming December 2021) The Sea in Darkness (coming February 2022) And if you like long, connected series where you get to hang out in the same universe with the characters you've grown to love, you're in luck. Follow the early adventures of Amy's older sister in Unveiled, which starts with I Belong to the Earth.