The Bone Door

The Bone Door is epic, ambitious, and outrageously creative, with all the loveable characters, layered worldbuilding and vivid imagery that make White such a force to be reckoned with. There is darkness and brutality in this world, but also lightness, humour, and heart-warming friendships. With its wonderful found-family cast of misfits that you can’t help but root for, this book is the perfect balance of magic, mythology, and mystery

Keshe Chow, Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Girl With No Reflection

Darkly delightful and endlessly imaginative, The Bone Door features an instantly lovable cast of amnesic oddballs trapped into a labyrinthine world. Frances White is at the top of her game yet again with this deft and twisty tale

Jules Arbeaux, Author of Lord of the Empty Isles

In an achingly heartwarming story that is equal parts hilarious and horrifying, White delivers unforgettable characters and a wildly imaginative plot that asks readers to consider what it means to continue to hope, even in the face of unfathomable odds

Laura R. Samotin, author of The Sins On Their Bones

The Bone Door is a unique, emotional read that tackles trauma, empathy, human cruelty, and grief, but that also makes you laugh and appreciate the beauty of love and of being alive. Don’t miss it!

Emma Sterner-Radley, author of Snowblooded

The Bone Door is a story that asks profound questions about the nature of evil, the possibility of redemption, and the resilience of the human spirit. The human heart is a labyrinth—not unlike the one her characters navigate—containing both wonders and horrors at every turn, and in this bold new novel, Frances White is not afraid to open every door of the human experience.

Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters

Ambitious and wildly original. The Bone Door is like nothing you've ever read before. Piranesi meets Gideon the Ninth by way of Dan Da Dan, the book evokes the full gamut of emotions from humour to horror, lingering in your bones well after the final door closes.

Eliza Chan, Bestselling author of Fathomfolk

Wildly imaginative and twisty, The Bone Door is gloriously funny and full of heart in the face of unflinching terrors, reminding us why hope matters even when it feels as though all is lost. Utterly unputdownable.

Susan J. Morris author of Strange Beasts and Wayward Souls

The Bone Door is a triumph! A twisty, brutal fairy tale that both moved and amazed me. I couldn’t put it down!

Gareth Brown, Bestselling author of The Book of Doors

The Bone Door is a maze of a book, inhabited by brilliant characters and monsters made of fears and memories. Wonderfully unique, dark and unexpected, this story is a feat of imagination with a powerful message at its core: no matter how much trauma and cruelty one endures, hope is never lost. I was fascinated and utterly gripped by Frances’ storytelling.

Costanza Casati, bestselling author of Clytemnestra

Frances White is a masterful storyteller. The Bone Door is a feat of impressive imagination: brutal and beautiful, the very best and worst elements of humanity captured on the page, with a host of characters that will burrow into your heart. I laughed and wept in equal measure, this is a story unlike any other.

A. S. Webb, Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos

The Bone Door is a compelling, mind-bending adventure with as many twists and turns as the labyrinth it’s set in. Suspenseful and gripping, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, desperate for answers to the book’s central mystery. This is a story about the impact of trauma, about nature vs nurture, about how thin the line can be between good and evil. It contains a lot of brutality within its pages, yet White navigates the darkness with characteristic humour and heart and its central message is a poignant, hopeful one about the transformative importance of human connection and friendship. A person is more than the sum of what they have endured. No one is ever so broken they can’t choose love over hate, and walk a path towards healing and joy.

Venetia Constantine, no. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Starborn Seer

The Bone Door is an epic horror-fable that smiles as it puts a blade in your heart. This story of children bound by terrible fates and an aeon spanning-escape room crushes genre into bone dust and throws it to the stars. Frances White is a master of storytelling and unravelling expectations, I know everything she writes will be a wild ride of terror and joy that I never want to leave.

Hannah Kraner, Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller