Alchemised

By SenLinYu

Book Overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

This stunning hardcover edition features a deluxe jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the reverse, gorgeous designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from acclaimed artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.

"What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There's no one left for you to save."

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner--of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena's fight--to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self--is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593972708
• ISBN13: 9780593972700
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 1040 Pages
• Weight: 3.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

SenLinYu did fantastic!

Without spoilers, this story is an experience to read. The main character, Helena Marino, goes through so much and we the reader get to experience it much like she does, unknowingly but hopeful despite the circumstances. Getting to know Kaine Ferron like Helena does.. going through the war they face at opposite ends.. it really and truly is an EXPERIENCE. The topics aren't light hearted though SenLinYu makes beauty in a graveyard. Who should read this? You should. Huge props to the author, who made this world so Helena and Kaine could live with us. She did amazing!