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Crowbones

World of the Others #3 / 3 ✓
by Anne Bishop
Crowbones (World of the Others #3) by Anne Bishop
Unrated

In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer—before it’s too late.…

Crowbones will gitcha if you don’t watch out!

Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others.

But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman. When the impostor is killed along with a shape-shifting Crow, and the deaths are clearly connected, everyone fears that the real Crowbones may have come to The Jumble—and that could mean serious trouble.

To “encourage” humans to help them find some answers, the Elders and Elementals close all the roads, locking in suspects and victims alike. Now Vicki, human police chief Grimshaw, vampire lawyer Ilya Sanguinati, and the rest of their friends have to figure out who is manipulating events designed to pit humans against Others—and who may have put Vicki DeVine in the crosshairs of a powerful hunter.

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FantasyUrban Fantasy
Release date: March 8, 2022

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Anne Bishop

Anne Bishop

In the shadowed corners of fantasy fiction, where magic pulses beneath the surface of every word and darkness often holds more truth than light, Anne Bishop has carved out a world entirely her own. Her stories don’t just invite you in—they trap you willingly, with lush, dangerous landscapes and characters who wrestle with power, sacrifice, and the cost of survival. It's not just fantasy; it’s a realm where emotional intensity meets mythic depth, and nothing is ever quite safe or simple.

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Long before The Black Jewels Trilogy became a cult phenomenon, Bishop was already conjuring realms in her imagination, fueled by an early fascination with folklore, twisted fairytales, and the blurred lines between villain and hero. Raised in the Northeast United States, she found herself drawn to storytelling that didn’t flinch away from moral complexity. That instinct—to look into the dark and find meaning—became the foundation of her signature worldbuilding.

Her books often explore power not as a prize, but as a burden. In Bishop's hands, magic becomes a mirror, reflecting back the truths her characters would rather not face. Whether it’s Daemon and Jaenelle in The Black Jewels series or the mysterious Others in The Courtyards of the Others series, her protagonists navigate layered, often brutal societies with dignity, fury, and unexpected tenderness. Her style? Both lyrical and unrelenting—like a lullaby sung in a storm.

Readers and critics alike have praised her for creating fantasy worlds that are immersive yet emotionally raw. Daughter of the Blood, her debut, won the Crawford Award and set the tone for what would become a groundbreaking career. But Bishop has never chased accolades. Her goal has always been to write stories that resonate—haunt, even—long after the final page is turned.

In interviews, she often describes writing as "listening to the characters whisper," a process that feels more like discovery than invention. That quiet intuition is what gives her novels their particular pulse—the feeling that the story is alive, that it existed before you arrived and will continue after you leave.

When she isn’t crafting realms filled with shadow and soul, Anne Bishop enjoys the quiet rhythm of everyday life—gardening, baking, walking the same wooded paths where many of her ideas take root. Her fans, meanwhile, wait for the next portal to open, ready to step through and risk the cost.

In Bishop’s fiction, darkness doesn’t mean despair. It means depth. And if you’re brave enough to follow, you’ll find that the heart of her stories always carries a flicker of light.

World of the Others

World of the Others consists of three books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Main series The Others

Lake Silence (World of the Others #1)
★ 9.00 / 1
Wild Country (World of the Others #2)
★ 7.00 / 2
Crowbones (World of the Others #3)
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