Darker Than the Starless Night: An Epic Romantic Fantasy - Paperback

by Rebecca Brodkey (Author)

A tale of gods and titans, the humans caught between them, and the chemistry that binds it all together

Yom has found a simple solution to avoiding the obsessive thoughts that have haunted her since childhood: burying herself beneath powdered drugs, bodies, and coin. But when her gang's leader demands loyalty at all costs, Yom's position as the gang's head chemist comes under threat. Forced to investigate, she crosses paths with a cagey royal archivist named Quia as they unearth a horrifying conspiracy to reopen the ancient war that ripped the world in two.

Quia offers a tenuous solution: cross the dangerous network of provinces to reach the queendom's capitol, and seek the one mythical person capable of halting the forces of war. On the treacherous odyssey, Yom reckons with blood-thirsty crime lords, the queen's personal guard, bounty hunters, forest spirits, old gods, and the specter of a friend she lost as a child-her first love-who might still be alive out there. The chemist must face her addiction to powder, her growing feelings for Quia, and the obsessive thoughts that threaten to tear her mind in two, lest she lose herself in her quest to save the world.

An epic romantic fantasy with queer main characters that's perfect for fans of Six of Crows and One Dark Window