Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful Vera was made for vengeance.
As she confronts the very basest of humanity, Vera will need more than what her creator gave her: Not just a reason to fight, but a reason to live..
Vera\'s strength feels limitless--until she learns that there are others who would channel kishuf for means far less noble than avenging a daughter\'s death.
But these memories aren\'t hers, and Vera doesn\'t know if she gets--or deserves --to have a life beyond what she was made for.
And when she meets Akiva, she recognizes the boy with soft lips that gave warm kisses.
But she can also feel glimpses of a human life lived, of stolen kisses amidst the tragedy, and of a grisly death.
When Vera awakens, she can feel her violent purpose thrumming within her.
A Nazi killer, to avenge her death.
He can\'t bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can use kishuf - an ancient and profane magic - to create a golem in her image.
A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed by the Nazis.
Lithuania, 1943.
Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful Vera was made for vengeance
