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The Quiet Cost of Souls: A Gothic Romantasy of Marriage, Memory, and Necromancy
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 12 2026
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Quiet Cost of Souls: A Gothic Romantasy of Marriage, Memory, and Necromancy
They've been married for two decades. They've ruled a decaying empire together, sustained by necromantic power and stolen souls. But when the boundary between the living and the dead collapses, Empress Serath and her wife Mirovan must journey across a haunted realm to undo the damage their civilization has caused.
The cost of repair is devastating: one of them must surrender the emotional memories that shaped their marriage-the early passion, the shared grief, the intimacy that made them whole.
This is not a story about falling in love.
It's a story about what love costs when survival demands sacrifice. About marriages tested not by betrayal, but by time, responsibility, and impossible choices. About necromancy as a political economy-exploitative, corrupting, unsustainable. About choosing peace over emotional completeness.
What readers will find:
- Established F/F marriage between women in their late 30s/40s
- Necromancy with ethical weight and political consequences
- Gothic atmosphere: decay, haunting, architectural ruin
- Emotional restraint over melodrama
- No love triangles, no miscommunication plots, no redemptive healing
- An ending that affirms commitment without restoring sentimentality
Perfect for readers who loved: The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Gideon the Ninth (tone, not structure), Mexican Gothic, This Is How You Lose the Time War, literary fantasy that respects difficult choices
Loss is permanent. Peace is earned, not rewarded.
Genre: Adult Gothic Romantasy Dark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Fantasy
Content notes: Mature themes, death, grief, morally complex protagonists, bittersweet ending
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