Silver in the Bone Books in Order

The Silver in the Bone books take place in a world where Arthurian legend bleeds into modern‑day Boston. Tamsin Lark grew up as the mortal tag‑along in a found family of Hollowers—treasure hunters who slip through hidden doors and cursed houses to retrieve magical relics for a price.

Tamsin has no magic herself, only a sharp memory and sharper instincts. After her guardian Nash disappears, she and her adopted brother Cabell scrape by on risky jobs in the city’s magical underbelly. Cabell carries a terrifying curse that threatens to turn him into a monstrous hound, and keeping him alive has become the organizing principle of Tamsin’s life.

When rumors surface that Nash vanished with a ring tied to King Arthur, the stakes jump from personal to legendary. The relic might be the key to breaking Cabell’s curse, but every powerful Hollower and sorceress wants it for themselves. Tamsin reluctantly teams up with her polished rival Emrys Dye and an anxious young sorceress, Neve, to chase clues through guild politics, booby‑trapped tombs, and an increasingly tense magical community.

Their search drags them across the veil into a twisted Avalon, where the land itself is rotting and revenants roam. The first book, Silver in the Bone, reads like a dark quest story: part dungeon crawl, part horror novel, with Tamsin learning uncomfortable truths about Nash, the Cunningfolk who rule this world, and the mysterious figure known as Lord Death.

The sequel, The Mirror of Beasts, opens in the wreckage of those discoveries. Avalon has fallen, Lord Death is gathering an army of the dead, and Tamsin and her friends are some of the only people willing to fight back. Their hunt for a legendary mirror that might trap Lord Death sends them through new otherlands, into the paths of bone‑carving witches, secret sisterhoods, and old enemies nursing fresh grudges.

Across both novels, the heart of the story is less about artifacts and more about who gets to wield power. Tamsin wrestles with feeling permanently “unchosen” in a world that worships magic, Cabell struggles against the darkness creeping under his skin, and their friends carry their own scars and secrets. The series blends sibling loyalty, messy romance, and sharp banter with grisly magic, creating a fantasy that feels both mythic and very human.

If you like your Arthurian retellings full of curses, haunted ruins, and complicated, ride‑or‑die friendships, the Silver in the Bone duology offers a complete, high‑stakes story across just two books.