Bringer of Dust: A Novel, The Talents Book 2 By J. M. Miro

In the second book of the Talents Trilogy, the boundary between the living and the dead has never been thinner. Set in 1883 Sicily, Cairndale is left in shambles after the orsine's destruction, and Marlowe has disappeared. The Talents' only chance to save him lies in the elusive second orsine—a relic hidden away and possibly lost to time.

When a corpse appears under the ruins of Cairndale, cloaked in the corrupted dust of the deadly drughr, Charlie and the Talents realize the danger they face is far more insidious than they imagined. A new drughr, horned and fearsome, roams their world freely. But this is only the beginning. The Abbess, a mysterious and malevolent figure, seeks the corrupted dust for her own twisted ambitions.

As the Talents uncover the sinister power within the dust, they find themselves on a perilous journey—from the shadowy corners of London’s underworld to a sun-drenched Sicilian villa, and the dark catacombs under Paris. Along the way, they encounter terrifying foes: bone witches, mud glyphics, and the enigmatic House of Twilight, suspended between life and death.

To rescue Marlowe and prevent the evil stirring in the realm of the dead from rising, the Talents must unite in strength. With the stakes higher than ever, the corrupted dust holds the key—either to the revival of an ancient evil, or its final destruction. The journey that began in Ordinary Monsters now reaches new depths of terror and mystery.