Darkness spreads across the mortal realm, carrying the memory of a war that shattered Àn’yīng’s family and left her mother fading toward death. Demons stalk the night, beautiful and merciless, and every day brings her closer to losing the person she has fought so long to protect.
Her only chance is the Immortality Trials, a magical contest that offers one wish to the victor. Àn’yīng enters to save her mother, but each Trial reveals new dangers that strike from both magic and ambition. Rivals circle with deadly intent, and whispers rise about a contestant who wants her gone.
Yet a mysterious adversary stays near, guarding her with motives she cannot read. A New York Times bestseller, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom begins a lush and perilous fantasy duology.
