Days of Blood & Starlight

Written by Laini Taylor

Part of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series

An art student must choose between vengeance and redemption in a war-torn world.

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560 pages

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Karou, an art student and monster's apprentice, grapples with betrayal and identity in a world ravaged by war. As she builds an army to avenge her people, her former love, Akiva, seeks redemption. With secrets unraveling and impossible choices looming, can hope emerge from the ruins of their shattered dreams? In this gripping sequel, alliances are tested and destinies collide as an ancient conflict reignites. Will Karou's quest for vengeance consume her, or can she find a path to peace in a land of dust and starlight?

From the publisher

An art student and monster’s apprentice must decide how far she’ll go to avenge her people in this riveting sequel to the mesmerizing, acclaimed book Daughter of Smoke &amp; Bone by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor. Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This is not that world. Art student and monster’s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is–and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered for it. In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke &amp; Bone, Karou must decide how far she’ll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, secrets and impossible choices, Days of Blood &amp; Starlight finds Karou and Akiva on opposing sides as an age-old war stirs back to life. While Karou and her allies build a monstrous army in a land of dust and starlight, Akiva wages a different sort of battle: a battle for redemption. For hope. But can any hope be salvaged from the ashes of their broken dream?

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