Trigger warnings are listed after the summary. 

London, 1831. When Leopold receives his acceptance letter from a Surgical Academy far from home, he is ready to leave everything behind to follow his dreams. Within the echoey halls of the school, he meets three other students who will change his life forever. 

One night, they sign a secret and dangerous pact—to be the best scholars the Academy has ever seen. And if that means making illegal transactions with gravediggers, using rusty knives to slice into rotten flesh, or losing their sanity in the process of uncovering all the mysteries of the human body, nothing will stop them. 

In the shadows of operating theatres and dissecting rooms, where ambition breeds obsession and success demands a terrible price, only one thing is guaranteed: their downfall. 

The Blood on Our Hands is a tale of passion, love, and loss, of heartbreak, hysteria, and numbness. It’s about finding a family in the most unconventional places, and the bonds made out of desperation—of not exactly knowing where the limits are, and yet pushing them once found.

TW: Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol