The Hunger Games meets vampires in the third book of the bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, a heart-wrenching, epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods.
Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.
But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.
Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him . . . by killing the god of death.
Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.
As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.
From the TikTok phenomenon and New York Times bestselling author Carissa Broadbent, The Songbird and the Heart of Stone is a brand new book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, and the first book in a stunning new duology.
This edition of The Songbird and the Heart of Stone features original case art and a detailed map.
Reading order for the Crowns of Nyaxia Series:
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
- ISBN10 1035050714
- ISBN13 9781035050710
- Publish Date 21 November 2024 (first published 19 November 2024)
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Tor Bramble
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 512
- Language English