The Lustrous Dark

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For fans of Sabaa Tahir and Guillermo del Toro comes The Lustrous Dark , a sweeping YA fantasy inspired by a Moroccan folktale, in which a young midwife's apprentice rises up to take back the power that's been stolen from women. Orphaned as a baby, Shay has spent her life training as the midwife's apprentice. Her role grants her stability, yet Shay has always yearned for more. Namely, motherly affection and answers regarding her mysterious birth—neither of which the midwife deems practical to provide. After Shay discovers her birth mother, Hind, is still alive and addicted to a magical drug called Snow, she determines to get the woman clean. But when Hind betrays Shay to get her hands on more Snow, Shay's abandoned within a deadly forest and forced to rely on band of monstrous ghouls for safety. Shay's realm has long stood on the brink of war between the men who control magic and the revolutionaries who want to eliminate it. But in the forest, Shay