The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One
New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia series with The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, for the first time in trade paperback.

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the god of death.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

Reading Order for The Crowns of Nyaxia Series:

The Serpent & the Wings of Night

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

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The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One
New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia series with The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, for the first time in trade paperback.

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the god of death.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

Reading Order for The Crowns of Nyaxia Series:

The Serpent & the Wings of Night

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone

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The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One

by Carissa Broadbent
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone: The Shadowborn Duet, Book One

by Carissa Broadbent

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A story of light vs. dark, wrong vs. right. Mische’s choice should be simple, but nothing is as it seems in a world of vengeful gods, love and treachery.

New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns to the Crowns of Nyaxia series with The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, for the first time in trade paperback.

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the god of death.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

Reading Order for The Crowns of Nyaxia Series:

The Serpent & the Wings of Night

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250367808
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/01/2025
Series: Crowns of Nyaxia , #3
Pages: 448
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Carissa Broadbent is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Crowns of Nyaxia series. She has been featured in Elle and Publishers Weekly, and her books have been reviewed in Library Journal, Marie Claire, Popsugar, and Vulture, among others. She writes novels that blend epic fantasy plots with a heaping dose of romance. She lives with her husband, her son, and one perpetually skeptical cat in Rhode Island.
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