The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
Paperback | 400 pages
In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soulā¦ before she loses her forever. From theĀ New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night comes the beginning of a dark and opulent fantasy duology.
Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore ĆnāyÄ«ngās family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now theĀ mortal realmĀ is falling into eternal night, and mĆ³ābeautiful, ravenous demonsāroam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls.
ĆnāyÄ«ng is no longer aĀ helplessĀ child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter theĀ ImmortalityĀ Trials,Ā which are open to any mortal who canĀ survive the journeyĀ to the immortal realm. Those who complete theĀ Trials are granted a pill of eternal lifeāthe one thing ĆnāyÄ«ng knows can heal her dying mother. But to attain the prize, she must survive the competition.
Death is common in theĀ Trials.Ā Yet oddly, ĆnāyÄ«ng finds that someone is helping her stay alive. A rival contestant. Powerful and handsome, YĆ¹āchĆ©n is as secretive about his past as he is about his motives for protecting ĆnāyÄ«ng.
The longer she survives theĀ Trials, the clearer it becomes that all is not right in the immortal realm. To save her mother and herself, ĆnāyÄ«ng will need to figure out whether she can truly trust the strangerĀ sheās falling for or if heās the most dangerous player of all . . . for herself and for all the realms.
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Paperback | 400 pages
In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soulā¦ before she loses her forever. From theĀ New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night comes the beginning of a dark and opulent fantasy duology.
Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore ĆnāyÄ«ngās family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now theĀ mortal realmĀ is falling into eternal night, and mĆ³ābeautiful, ravenous demonsāroam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls.
ĆnāyÄ«ng is no longer aĀ helplessĀ child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter theĀ ImmortalityĀ Trials,Ā which are open to any mortal who canĀ survive the journeyĀ to the immortal realm. Those who complete theĀ Trials are granted a pill of eternal lifeāthe one thing ĆnāyÄ«ng knows can heal her dying mother. But to attain the prize, she must survive the competition.
Death is common in theĀ Trials.Ā Yet oddly, ĆnāyÄ«ng finds that someone is helping her stay alive. A rival contestant. Powerful and handsome, YĆ¹āchĆ©n is as secretive about his past as he is about his motives for protecting ĆnāyÄ«ng.
The longer she survives theĀ Trials, the clearer it becomes that all is not right in the immortal realm. To save her mother and herself, ĆnāyÄ«ng will need to figure out whether she can truly trust the strangerĀ sheās falling for or if heās the most dangerous player of all . . . for herself and for all the realms.
