When a goddess offers them a final path to redemption – and back to each other – Asar and Mische embark on an extraordinary mission. Together, they must seize the power of the god of death so Asar may do the impossible: ascend to true divinity.

Their journey will take them through mortal and immortal realms, alongside both old friends and ruthless enemies.

But as the underworld teeters on the brink of collapse and the gods prepare for a war, Asar and Mische must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for the power to defy death. In a game of vengeful gods and ancient betrayals, there are some debts that even love may not be able to repay.

Mische ha compiuto il sacrificio supremo per salvare coloro che ama e ha fatto sprofondare il mondo in una notte eterna. Ora, imprigionato dagli dei e ossessionato dalla vendetta, Asar è disperato e vuole ritrovarla.

Quando una dea offre loro un’ultima via per la redenzione e il ritorno l’uno all’altra, Asar e Mische intraprendono una missione straordinaria. Insieme, devono impadronirsi del potere del dio della morte affinché Asar possa compiere l’impossibile: ascendere alla vera divinità.

Il loro viaggio li porterà attraverso regni mortali e immortali, al fianco di vecchi amici e nemici spietati.

Ma mentre gli inferi sono sull’orlo del collasso e gli dei si preparano per una guerra, Asar e Mische devono decidere cosa sono disposti a sacrificare per il potere di sfidare la morte. In un gioco di dei vendicativi e antichi tradimenti, ci sono alcuni debiti che nemmeno l’amore potrebbe essere in grado di ripagare.

or a dark love that defies the gods themselves. 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.

When Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a brutal past, she is forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself. But Mische is offered a chance at salvation by her sun god. All she has to do is betray Asar – and kill the god of death.

In the underworld, Mische and Asar must face treacherous trials, colossal beasts and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. But most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness, and Mische’s forbidden attraction to Asar. As the moment of her betrayal looms, Mische is forced to choose between faith and love – a decision that could lead to her redemption or her ruin … The Songbird and the Heart of Stone is the third book of the New York Times bestselling Crowns of Nyaxia series by Carissa Broadbent, and the first book in the stunning Shadowborn Duet.