Sera must leave everything behind and offer herself to the Primal of Death, Nyktos, as his Consort.

Putting her own twist on the myth of Hades and Persephone, she gives us the story of Seraphena Mierel, a young woman whose future was decided for her before birth. Armentrout kicks of a new fantastical series next week that will undoubtedly keep us counting down the days to each new instalment. Set in the ever-popular Blood and Ash world but taking place many years before the events in that series, Jennifer L. Either way, her life is forfeit-it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood.

If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania-she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort. Born shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers.

A shadow in the ember flesh and fire