Non Omnis Moriar by Sfarda L. Gül

The city state of Vencenza rots, and Giorgianna, vengeful, enlightened, an outlaw and witch, seeks blood—the dues she’s owed for the crimes committed against her and those she loves. As summer withers to autumn, she is faced with a deadly quest: infiltrate the ministerial court, unspool the inner circle’s darkest secrets, and aid the resistance in bringing forth a revolution to finally break the shackles of tyranny. All while remaining under pretences amidst the state’s most violent and powerful men. But explosive tensions mount among the revolutionaries, bodies pile in the streets, the church gains frightening authority, and Giorgianna’s psyche teeters along its final breaking point—made only worse by a lovesickness more agonising than hunger. With winter looming upon the horizon, civil war seems inevitable, and love could never be a saviour. How dearly will those dues cost?

Adult • Diversity Representation/BIPOC/Own Voices • Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense/Spies and Politics • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Fantasy/Dark • Fantasy/Steampunk, Gaslamp, and Flintlock

Content Warning: government oppression, death, graphic gore, self-injury, mental illness, police brutality, violence against women and trans-identifying peoples, child death and murder, human experimentation, religion and religious violence, gun violence, classism, discussions of sexual violence (humans, minors), suicide, smoking (tobacco), alcohol, discussion of intravenous drug abuse, surgical procedures and needles, fires, sex (open-door, non-graphic), strong language