House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1) NYTimes Best of 2025 Sherman Kent

Sherman Kent

In the eighth book of the Backpack Explorer series from the Editors of Storey Publishing

The story also begins sixty years later and half a world away

and a veritable circus thrown by a champagne heiress

Piecing together the tiniest details

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1) NYTimes Best of 2025 Sherman KentThe first book in Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life working hard all day and partying all night until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now