Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy

Laini Taylor

Dreams of Gods and Monsters

"What power can bruise the sky?"

"Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her."

"When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited--not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves."

"But with even bigger threats on the horizon, are Karou and Akiva strong enough to stand among the gods and monsters?"

Days of Blood and Starlight
"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 & 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 & 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 salvages from the ashes of their broken dream?"



Daughter of Smoke and Bone
"Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky."

"In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grow dangerously low."

"And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war."

"Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbook with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages -- not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out."

"When one of the strangers -- beautiful, haunted Akiva -- fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?"

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