In the devastating wake of the Kejari tournament, the House of Night stands fractured, held together by a fragile and bitter alliance born of necessity rather than trust. For Oraya, the world has been stripped of its illusions; the father who protected her is gone, and the man she believed to be her equal is now her captor and king. This narrative transition marks a shift from the survival games of a predatory tournament to the far more lethal games of sovereign politics, where the boundaries between protector and enemy are blurred by shared blood and ancient secrets.

Broadbent explores the weight of legacy and the crushing cost of power through a lens of profound grief. The story is not merely a quest for a throne, but an investigation into the psychological toll of betrayal. As Oraya na...

In the devastating wake of the Kejari tournament, the House of Night stands fractured, held together by a fragile and bitter alliance born of necessity rather than trust. For Oraya, the world has been stripped of its illusions; the father who protected her is gone, and the man she believed to be her equal is now her captor and king. This narrative transition marks a shift from the survival games of a predatory tournament to the far more lethal games of sovereign politics, where the boundaries between protector and enemy are blurred by shared blood and ancient secrets.

Broadbent explores the weight of legacy and the crushing cost of power through a lens of profound grief. The story is not merely a quest for a throne, but an investigation into the psychological toll of betrayal. As Oraya na...