The Lion and the Deathless Dark

The Lion and the Deathless Dark is a compulsive dark fantasy from Carissa Broadbent, the first book in the Bloodborn Duet and the fifth book in the Sunday Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series.

Some blood tastes like vengeance. Some blood tastes like rage. Some blood tastes like nothing at all.

Under an eternal night, the world has been ravaged by ten years of war between humans and vampires.

Kyrene scrapes by as a bounty hunter, bearing a blessed sword from the goddess of justice. But in the wake of a devastating loss, Kyrene commits a crime that makes her a target for mortals and gods alike – and she is still desperate for vengeance.

Her only chance at survival – and revenge – is to make a deal with her enemy, the silver-tongued vampire prince, Septimus, who offers her one final job: to slay the gods themselves.

Together, Kyrene and Septimus must hunt the ultimate marks, all while navigating a web of prophecies and curses. Septimus is calculating and mysterious, masking secrets bloodthirsty enough to consume them both. But most dangerous of all is the unexpected kinship Kyrene finds in him.

Kyrene will stop at nothing to fulfil her ultimate goal: to kill the goddess of vampires. Even if it means sacrificing love for revenge . . .

Review

A titan of the romantasy genre -- Independent

Morally grey men, vampires who bite, and a heroine who bites back twice as hard . . . Smoldering with heat, Broadbent leaves us begging for more in the best way! -- K. A. Linde, bestselling author of The Wren in the Holly Library, on The Serpent and the Wings of Night

With the Crowns of Nyaxia series, Carissa has created a blood-soaked world rich with danger, history and intrigue. Her complex characters leap from the pages to steal your heart, making it so that the story snatches the reader's attention and doesn't let go - even long after the final pages -- Lauren Dedroog, author of A Curse Crows, on The Songbird and the Heart of Stone

The fast-paced plot involves a swoonworthy enemies-to-lovers love story, drawing readers in from the first paragraph. Give this romantasy to Sarah J. Maas fans -- Booklist on The Songbird and the Heart of Stone

About the Author

Carissa Broadbent has been concerning teachers and parents with mercilessly grim tales since she was roughly nine years old. Since then, her stories have gotten (slightly) less depressing and (hopefully a lot?) more readable. Today, she writes novels that blend epic fantasy plots with a heaping dose of romance. She lives with her husband, her son, one very badly behaved rabbit and one perpetually sceptical cat in Rhode Island. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series, starting with The Serpent and the Wings of Night.