The Stars Are Dying (Nytefall Trilogy, 1)

Overview

Earning Starred Reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal, this dark romantic fantasy from Chloe C. Peñaranda is a seductive, myth-drenched debut that readers and critics alike cannot stop talking about.

Astraea wakes each day with her memories already slipping away. She cannot hold onto her past — it dissolves before she can grasp it — and yet she knows one thing with absolute certainty: she must escape the tyrannical king who keeps her captive.

Her only path to freedom runs through the Libertatem, a brutal succession of trials hosted by the king himself. Five human lands compete in these deadly games, and the prize is a cycle of safety — a temporary reprieve from the vampires who prowl the dark, hunting blood and souls without mercy.

Winning the Libertatem could protect her kingdom. But it cannot protect her from everything.

Nyte is a vampire. Beautiful, deadly, and utterly impossible to ignore. He has been stalking her dreams long before she ever met him in the waking world, and now he has made her an offer she cannot afford to refuse — his protection, in exchange for a bargain she does not yet fully understand.

She knows she shouldn't trust him. She knows his promises are laced with lies. And yet the closer she gets to the answers buried in her stolen past, the deeper she is pulled into his orbit.

Caught between the dangers of the trials and the pull of a vampire who may know more about her than she does, Astraea must decide what she is truly fighting for. Her kingdom. Her memories. Or something far more dangerous.

Loosely inspired by the Greek myths of Astraea and perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Shadow and Bone, this is a richly imagined world where the brightest star casts the longest shadow — and the darkest night may be the only place left to find the truth.

Series Information

Series Name: Nytefall Trilogy

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