The Bone Artists

In this bone-chilling digital original story set in the world of Madeleine Roux’s New York Times bestselling novel Asylum, a Louisiana teen tries to make tuition money working for a sinister organization but finds that leaving comes at a terrible cost.

When Dan, Abby, and Jordan meet Oliver in Catacomb—the third book in the Asylum series—he is a mysterious young antiques dealer with a dark past. But before he was stuck in America’s most haunted city, he was a teenager with a bright future ahead of him. In this story, we find Oliver saving up to attend his dream college in the fall and leave behind his family’s New Orleans antique shop for good. And if his job just happens to involve robbing graves for a group calling themselves the Bone Artists, well—money is money, and it’s only for now. But Oliver soon learns that the Bone Artists don’t take kindly to deserters. And there are some debts that can never be repaid.

With a mounting sense of dread that builds to a terrible end, The Bone Artists is a thrilling installment in the Asylum series that can stand on its own for new readers or provide a missing piece of the puzzle for series fans.

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He just wanted to earn his way out. What happens when the price of freedom is higher than he ever imagined?

• Supernatural Horror: Discover the Bone Artists, a group that deals in more than just antiques and whose occult practices blur the line between life and death.
• Grave Robbing for a Price: Oliver thinks it’s just a part-time job to pay for college. But in the cemeteries of New Orleans, he unearths secrets far more dangerous than bones.
• Asylum Series Prequel: The perfect entry point for new readers and an essential origin story for fans, revealing the dark past of the mysterious antiques dealer, Oliver.
• High-Stakes Thriller: When Oliver tries to walk away, he learns that the Bone Artists don’t forgive debts—they collect, and the cost is more than just money.