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The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

Book 1 of the Shadowborn Duet
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#1 New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia series with The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, for the first time in trade paperback. Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire - her... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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#1 New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia series with The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, for the first time in trade paperback.

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.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she's forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische's punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him... by killing the god of death.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness - and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

Reading Order for The Crowns of Nyaxia Series:
The Serpent & the Wings of Night
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

Series: The Crowns of Nyaxia

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250367808

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 386g

Pages: 448

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, and one perpetually skeptical cat in Rhode Island.

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