Blood in the Root

Some curses are older than memory. Some won't die until you do.When fourteen-year-old Zorah James finds a conjure bag on her porch just days after her brother's funeral, she hears his voice whisper a warning: They took me, baby girl. Inside are bones, black salt, and his name written in blood-an invitation into a world she was never meant to see.As Zorah digs into her family's past, she uncovers a decades-old curse born of betrayal, blood magic, and a feud between two powerful women-one of them her own blood. Guided by an aging rootworker, hunted by dark spirits, and visited by the gatekeeper between worlds, Zorah learns that her brother's death wasn't random-it was part of a conspiracy to destroy people like her.The clock is ticking toward the new moon, when her enemies plan their next sacrifice. To save her family, Zorah must decide which path to walk: the light of her ancestors, the shadow of voodoo power, or something far more dangerous.In a battle where the living and the dead fight side by side, the truth may be the heaviest burden of all.