In this captivating dark fantasy debut, a woman with lost memories fights to survive in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with uncovering the deepest secrets of her past....
In this captivating dark fantasy debut, a woman with lost memories fights to survive in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with uncovering the deepest secrets of her past. This beautiful hardcover edition features a deluxe dust jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the back, stunningly designed...
In this captivating dark fantasy debut, a woman with lost memories fights to survive in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with uncovering the deepest secrets of her past. This beautiful hardcover edition features a deluxe dust jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the back, stunningly designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from renowned artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.
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 secure their victory, hold Helena captive.
According to resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena suffers from an inexplicable loss of memory concerning the months leading up to her capture, prompting her enemies to wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she seems, or are her lost memories hiding a vital piece of the resistance’s final plan?
To recover 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 in his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight — to protect her lost history and to hold onto the last remnants of her former self — is only just beginning. For her prison and captor each hold secrets of their own… secrets Helena must uncover, whatever the cost.
Pages: 1040, Dimensions: 16x16cm
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner – of war and of her own fractured mind. The Resistance is crushed, her allies dead, her abilities suppressed.
The world she knew is gone.
Paladia’s corrupt guild families and their necromancer overlords, aided by vile undead creatures now rule - and hold Helena captive.
Resistance records claim she was a healer of little importance. Yet, Helena’s inexplicable memory loss makes her enemies wonder: Is she truly insignificant, or do her missing memories conceal the Resistance’s final secret?
To uncover the truth, Helena is delivered into the hands of the High Reeve – Paladia’s most feared and merciless necromancer.
Trapped on his crumbling estate, she must fight to protect what remains of herself and unearth the secrets buried in her mind, her prison, and her captor . . . whatever the cost.
Said for the Book
‘A work of quite staggering ambition. Detailed world-building, intricate plot, Gothic claustrophobia, wraps the readers in its dark embrace’ Daily Mail
'Very readable' Guardian
‘A superb dark fantasy novel set in a war torn world of black magic and alchemy’ Sun
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• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
In this captivating dark fantasy debut, a woman with lost memories fights to survive in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy — and the man tasked with uncovering the deepest secrets of her past. This beautiful hardcover edition features a deluxe dust jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the back, stunningly designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from renowned artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.
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 secure their victory, hold Helena captive.
According to resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena suffers from an inexplicable loss of memory concerning the months leading up to her capture, prompting her enemies to wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she seems, or are her lost memories hiding a vital piece of the resistance’s final plan?
To recover 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 in his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight — to protect her lost history and to hold onto the last remnants of her former self — is only just beginning. For her prison and captor each hold secrets of their own… secrets Helena must uncover, whatever the cost.
Pages: 1040, Dimensions: 16x16cm
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner – of war and of her own fractured mind. The Resistance is crushed, her allies dead, her abilities suppressed.
The world she knew is gone.
Paladia’s corrupt guild families and their necromancer overlords, aided by vile undead creatures now rule - and hold Helena captive.
Resistance records claim she was a healer of little importance. Yet, Helena’s inexplicable memory loss makes her enemies wonder: Is she truly insignificant, or do her missing memories conceal the Resistance’s final secret?
To uncover the truth, Helena is delivered into the hands of the High Reeve – Paladia’s most feared and merciless necromancer.
Trapped on his crumbling estate, she must fight to protect what remains of herself and unearth the secrets buried in her mind, her prison, and her captor . . . whatever the cost.
Said for the Book
‘A work of quite staggering ambition. Detailed world-building, intricate plot, Gothic claustrophobia, wraps the readers in its dark embrace’ Daily Mail
'Very readable' Guardian
‘A superb dark fantasy novel set in a war torn world of black magic and alchemy’ Sun
Specifications are collected from official manufacturer websites. Please verify the specifications before proceeding with your final purchase. If you notice any problem you can report it here.
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
• You are like a rose in a graveyard ?? •
Alchemised written by @senlinyuwrites
Key points
• enemies to lovers
• very dark atmosphere and themes
• dark magic , necromancy
• a great war setting romance
• alchemists x necromancers
• stunning hardcover and dust jacket ️
? Review ?
immediately after finished:
I'm writing this text crying and after staring at the wall for 10 minutes... I don't know what to tell you but you HAVE to read it. YOU HAVE TO!
This book destroyed me and honestly it might be the only time I've ever felt this way. Yes Fourth Wing is my favorite book, BUT now Alchemised has changed the chemistry of my brain. It will be forever in my heart and in my top 3 books I have ever read! Now I have to read Manacled to destroy myself again.
a few business days later:
This is the most tragic and at the same time wonderful story I've ever read! the ending will compensate you and destroy you at the same time ️?? Helena the strong woman you are! And Kaine, my poor man, what did they did to you…what did the war did to both of you!
In a war drenched world, where alchemy is the main power and the necromancy is at war with faith everything is black, rotten and suffering. Healing is the opposite of the necromancy but comes form the same power. A complex but amazing magic system, a tragic love story to destroy you, two characters that will suffer everything and question their moral multiple times. I cant even put words to my feeling and my love for this book! The best book of 2025 for sure and one that I will always remember.
Beware of the trigger warnings it's a VERY heavy book that firstly talks about war and secondly about love. The themes, the events, the characters are dark and not for everyone!
.
Have you read it?
