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The Road of Bones

Demi Winters

In this epic and immersive Viking-inspired romantic fantasy, a woman fleeing a ruthless assassin accidentally joins forces with agroup of thieves and must use all her cunning to escape with her life—and heart—intact. Silla Nordvig is running for her life. The Queen of Íseldur has sent warriors to bring Silla to Sunnavík, where death awaits her. When her father is killed, his last words set Silla on a perilous quest: travel the treacherous Road of Bones—a thousand-mile stretch haunted by warbands, creatures of darkness, and a mysterious murderer—and go to Kopa, where a shield-house awaits her. After barely surviving the first stretch of road, a desperate Silla sneaks into a supply wagon belonging to the notorious Bloodaxe Crew. To make it to Kopa, she must win over Axe Eyes, the brooding leader of the Crew, while avoiding the Wolf, his distractingly handsome right-hand man. All the while, the queen's ruthless assassin hunts Silla obsessively. Will Silla make it safely to Kopa? Or will she fall prey to the perils of the Road of Bones?

GenresFictionFantasyRomanceHistoricalViking

562 pages, 11 editions

English edition · First published 2023 by Random House Digital Inc. · ISBN 9781738996001

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Editions

11 editions

English

  • The Road of Bones · Random House Digital Inc. · 2023 · ISBN 9781738996001 · 8 readers This page
  • The Road of Bones · Delacorte Press · 2023 · ISBN 9780593975619 · 4 readers
  • The Road of Bones · Dell, an imprint of Penguin Random House · 2025 · ISBN 9780593975626
  • The Road of Bones · Gollancz · 2025 · ISBN 9781399628150
  • The Road of Bones · Gollancz · 2024 · ISBN 9781399628136
  • The Road of Bones · Gollancz · 2024 · ISBN 9781399628143
  • The Road of Bones · Gollancz · 2024 · ISBN 9781399628167
  • The Road of Bones · Random House USA · 2024 · ISBN 9780593976838
  • The Road of Bones · Library and Archives Canada · 2023 · ISBN 9781738996025

German

  • The Road of Bones · VAJONA Verlag GmbH · 2025 · ISBN 9783759237156

Unknown language

  • The Road of Bones (The Ashen #1) · Dell · 2023

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