Not Even Bones

Zusatztext "Twisty, grisly, genre-bending and immersive, Not Even Bones will grab you by the throat and drag you along as it gleefully tramples all of your expectations." Sara Holland, New York Times best-selling author of Everless "Gritty, compelling, a tale to feed the monster in all of us. I couldn't put this one down." Elly Blake, the New York Times best-selling author of Frostblood "Deliciously dark and devious, with morally grey characters that make you question what is good and what is truly evil. Warning: don't read in the dark." Rebecca Sky, author of Arrowheart "[A] morally complex, edgy debut...Schaeffer's antiheroes show empathy and insight as they struggle to define the line between human and monster. It's a testament to Schaeffer's excellent writing that these themes never overtake the characters' stories."-- Booklist, STARRED review "A slasher flick spliced with Crime and Punishment , this engrossing debut novel asks complex philosophical questions in a pleasingly hard-to-stomach way."-- Kirkus "Readers who are tired of the same recycled story lines will find something original here...The story is so compelling that readers have to keep going to find out how, or if Nita gets out of this mess."-- School Library Journal " The thrilling plot proves thought-provoking."-- Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Schaeffer is the critically acclaimed author of Not Even Bones , Only Ashes Remain , and When Villains Rise . The Webtoon adaptation of the trilogy has garnered over a hundred million reads and nearly 2 million subscribers. Her next book, Cage of Dreams, comes out in 2023. rschaefferbooks.com Twitter: @rrschaeffer. Instagram: @rebecca_schaeffer Klappentext "Twisty, grisly, genre-bending and immersive, Not Even Bones will grab you by the throat and drag you along as it gleefully tramples all of your expectations." -Sara Holland, New York Times best-selling author of Everless Nita doesn't murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet-her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they've been "acquired." Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother's victim, she ends up sold in his place-because Nita herself isn't exactly "human." She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she's willing to become the worst kind of monster.Now available as a Webtoon! ONE NITA STARED AT the dead body lying on the kitchen table. Middle-aged, and in the place between pudgy and overweight, he wore a casual business suit and a pair of wire-rimmed glasses with silver handles that blended into the gray at his temples. He was indistinguishable on the outside from any other humanthe inside, of course, was a different matter. Another zannie? Nita scowled at her mother and crossed her arms as she examined the body. That's not even Latin American. I thought we moved to Peru to hunt South and Central American unnaturals? Chupacabras and pishtacos and whatever. It wasn't that zannies were common, but Nita had dissected plenty during the months she and her mother spent in Southeast Asia last year. She'd been looking forward to dissecting something new. If she'd wanted to cut up the same unnaturals as usual, she would have asked to stay with her dad in the States and work on unicorns. Her mother shrugged, draping her jacket over a chair. I saw a zannie, so I killed it. I mean, it was right in front of me. How could I resist? Her black-and-red-striped bangs fell forward as she di...

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Rebecca Schaeffer is the critically acclaimed author of Not Even Bones, Only Ashes Remain, and When Villains Rise. The Webtoon adaptation of the trilogy has garnered over a hundred million reads and nearly 2 million subscribers. Her next book, Cage of Dreams, comes out in 2023.  

rschaefferbooks.com

Twitter: @rrschaeffer.

Instagram: @rebecca_schaeffer

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"Twisty, grisly, genre-bending and immersive, Not Even Bones will grab you by the throat and drag you along as it gleefully tramples all of your expectations." -Sara Holland, New York Times best-selling author of Everless Nita doesn't murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet-her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they've been "acquired." Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother's victim, she ends up sold in his place-because Nita herself isn't exactly "human." She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she's willing to become the worst kind of monster. Now available as a Webtoon!

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NITA STARED AT the dead body lying on the kitchen table. Middle-aged, and in the place between pudgy and overweight, he wore a casual business suit and a pair of wire-rimmed glasses with silver handles that blended into the gray at his temples. He was indistinguishable on the outside from any other human—the inside, of course, was a different matter.
     “Another zannie?” Nita scowled at her mother and crossed her arms as she examined the body. “That’s not even Latin American. I thought we moved to Peru to hunt South and Central American unnaturals? Chupacabras and pishtacos and whatever.”
     It wasn’t that zannies were common, but Nita had dissected plenty during the months she and her mother spent in Southeast Asia last year. She’d been looking forward to dissecting something new. If she’d wanted to cut up the same unnaturals as usual, she would have asked to stay with her dad in the States and work on unicorns.
     Her mother shrugged, draping her jacket over a chair. “I saw a zannie, so I killed it. I mean, it was right in front of me. How could I resist?” Her black-and-red-striped bangs fell forward as she dipped her head and half smiled.
     Nita shifted her feet, looking at the corpse again. She sighed. “I suppose you’ll want me to dissect and package it for sale?”
     “Good girl.” Her mother grinned.
     Nita went around to the other side of the dead body. “Care to help me move it to the workroom?”
     Her mother rolled up her sleeves, and together they heaved the round, deceptively heavy body down the hall and onto a smooth metal table in the other room. White walls and fluorescent lights made it look like a hospital surgery room. Scalpels and bone saws lay in neat lines on the shelves, and a scale for weighing organs rested in front of a box of jars. In the corner, a tub of formaldehyde caused everything to reek of death. The smell kept sneaking out of the room and making its way into Nita’s clothes. She found it strangely comforting. That was probably a bad sign.
     But, if Nita was being honest with herself, most of her habits and life choices were bad signs.
     Her mother winked at Nita. “All ready for you.”
     Nita looked down at her watch. “It’s nearly midnight.”
     “And?”
     “And I want to sleep sometime.”
     “So do it later.” Her mother waved it aside. “It’s not like you have anything…