The Last Bloodcarver - Vanessa Le

The Last Bloodcarver follows Nhika, a feared bloodcarver with the power to reshape human biology, who is viewed as a monster rather than a healer in the industrial city of Theumas. After being captured and sold to an aristocratic family to heal a key witness to a murder, Nhika becomes entangled in a dangerous investigation that mirrors her own haunted past. As she navigates the city’s wealth and corruption, she forms a tense, complicated connection with Ven Kochin, a physician’s aide hiding secrets of his own. When Nhika uncovers a deeper evil lurking beneath Theumas—and realizes Kochin is not who he claims to be—she must choose where her loyalties lie and whether she is willing to embrace the terrifying power she’s sworn to resist in order to protect herself and those she loves.