The MOST-ANTICIPATED fantasy novel of 2024 and the SMOULDERING third instalment in the Crescent City series Think Game of Thrones meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a drizzle of E.L. James - Telegraph Spiced with slick plotting and atmospheric world-building ... a page-turning delight - Guardian Sarah J. Maas does not disappoint ... To be devoured with relish - Mail ****** A WORLD IN DARKNESS. A BURNING SPARK. A BLAZE OF STARS. Bryce Quinlan is stranded in a strange new world. She's going to need all her wits about her to get home again and return to everything she loves. But that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Meanwhile, Hunt Athalar is back in the Asteri's dungeons. Stripped of his freedom and the happiness he'd fought so hard for, he's without a clue as to Bryce's fate. Hunt is desperate to help his mate, but until he can escape the Asteri's chains, his hands are quite literally tied. In this breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Midgard is brought to the brink of collapse, and the fate of the world rests on the hope of rebellion. But the fight for survival, freedom, and love may cost everything Bryce and Hunt have.