When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, 1) - Softcover

Roth, Veronica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250439655 ISBN 13: 9781250439659

Publisher: Tor Books, 2026

Synopsis

An instant USA Today bestseller!

A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee!

Now in paperback, the USA Today bestselling When Among Crows is a story of witches, knights, and monsters set in modern day Chicago and pulling from Slavic folklore from #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth.

We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword.

On Kupala Night, Dymitr arrives in Chicago’s monstrous, magical underworld with a perilous mission: pick the mythical fern flower and offer it to a cursed creature in exchange for help finding the legendary witch Baba Jaga.

Ala is a fear-eating zmora afflicted with a bloodline curse that’s slowly killing her. She's just desperate enough to say yes to Dymitr, even if she doesn’t know his motives.

Over the course of one night, Ala and Dymitr risk life and limb in search of Baba Jaga, and begin to build a tentative friendship. . . but when Ala finds out what Dymitr is hiding, it could destroy them both.

"Lovely, lush, and full of otherworldly longing, this modern fairytale about righteousness and the weight we bear for love is Roth at her most imaginative and ethereal."―Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

About this title

About the Author

Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, Chosen Ones, and many short stories and essays. She lives in Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250439655
• ISBN 13: 9781250439659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192