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.
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
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 dark magic and bloodthirsty intrigue. Once a favored acolyte of the God of the Sun, Mische lost everything she knew when she was turned into a vampire against her will. Devastated by the loss of her connection to her god and the magic that came with it, she has spent the months since leaving the House of Night unsuccessfully attempting to regain his favour. But when she's captured by the House of Shadow for the crime of murdering the prince who turned her, she is sentenced to death. . . only to be saved at the last moment by the brother of the man she killed. A banished bastard prince of the House of Shadow and master of the controversial art of necromancy, Asar forces Miche to join him on a mission he has been given by Nyaxia herself: resurrecting the God of Death. But if he succeeds, the House of Shadow will be given the power to dominate the other vampire houses - including Mische's closest friends in the House of Night - and Nyaxia will have the power to wage war on the other gods, threatening the destruction of the human lands Mische once called home. From the TikTok phenomenon 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.
