The Serpent & the Wings of Night: The Nightborn Duet Book One (Crowns of Nyaxia, 1) by Carissa Broadbent

A heart-wrenching, high-stakes vampire romantasy with Hunger Games-style competition energy—where survival means never trusting anyone… and love is the deadliest weakness of all. The Serpent & the Wings of Night opens the Crowns of Nyaxia series with a human heroine raised among vampires, forced into a brutal tournament hosted by the goddess of death herself.

Oraya is the adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, and she’s spent her life carving out a place in a world designed to kill her. She’s always been prey—and she’s done being powerless. Her only chance to become something more is entering the Kejari, a legendary tournament where the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses compete under the gaze of the goddess of death.

To survive, Oraya makes an uneasy alliance with Raihn—a mysterious rival who is everything she should fear: ruthless, lethal, and an enemy to her father’s crown… and also her greatest competition. The closer they get, the more dangerous it becomes, because Oraya can’t afford compassion in the Kejari—and she definitely can’t afford attraction.

As war begins to brew and Oraya’s understanding of home fractures, Raihn may be the only one who truly sees her. But in a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love, their growing connection could be her downfall.

Edition note: New hardcover edition with brand-new case art and a detailed map of the Obitraes.