02387cam a2200325 i 4500 1238337945 TxAuBib 20240516120000.0 240313s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781039007567 PAP 19.00 1039007562 PAP 19.00 TxAuBib rda Samotin, Laura R. The sins on their bones [BOOK] / Laura R Samotin. Toronto : Random House Canada, 2024. 397 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cursed crown, The ; 1 "Set in a Jewish folklore-inspired reimagining of 19th century Eastern Europe, this queer dark fantasy debut pits two estranged husbands and a daring spymaster on opposite sides of a civil war. Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing in exile after losing a devastating civil war instigated by his estranged husband, Alexey Balakin. In hiding with what remains of his court, Dimitri and his spymaster, Vasily Sokolov, engineer a dangerous ruse. Vasily will sneak into Alexey's court under a false identity to gather information, paving the way for the usurper's downfall, while Dimitri finds a way to kill him for good. But stopping Alexey is not so easy as plotting to kill an ordinary man. Through a perversion of the Ludayzim religion that he terms the Holy Science, Alexey has died and resurrected himself in an immortal, indestructible body-and now claims he is guided by the voice of God Himself. Able to summon forth creatures from the realm of demons, he seeks to build an army, turning Novo-Svitsevo into the greatest empire that history has ever seen. Dimitri is determined not to let Alexey corrupt his country, but saving Novo-Svitsevo and its people will mean forfeiting the soul of the husband he can't bring himself to forsake-or the spymaster he's come to love.". 20240516. Civil war Fiction. Magic Fiction. Gay men Fiction. Europe, Eastern 19th century Fiction. Fantasy fiction. LGBTQIA+ fiction. The cursed crown ; 1.