The stunning first edition of The Scorpion and the Night Blossom will feature a beautiful flower design stenciled on the ombre sprayed edges,exclusive printed endpapersand a foil-stamped case! In a world invaded by demonsone girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancientdeadly competition for the chance to save her mother’s soulΓǪ before she loses her forever. From the New York Times bestselling author of Song of SilverFlame Like Night comes the beginning of a dark and opulent fantasy duologyperfect for fans of Throne of Glass. Nine years agothe war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore ├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ngΓÇÖs family apartleaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now the mortal realm is falling into eternal nightand m├│ΓÇöbeautifulravenous demonsΓÇöroam the landfeasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls. ├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ng is no longer a helpless childthough. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioningshe has decided to enter the Immortality Trialswhich are open to any mortal who can survive the journey to the immortal realm. Those who complete the Trials are granted a pill of eternal lifeΓÇöthe one thing ├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ng knows can heal her dying mother. But to attain the prizeshe must survive the competition. Death is common in the Trials. Yet oddly├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ng finds that someone is helping her stay alive. A rival contestant. Powerful and handsomeY├╣ΓÇÖch├⌐n is as secretive about his past as he is about his motives for protecting ├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ng. The longer she survives the Trialsthe clearer it becomes that all is not right in the immortal realm. To save her mother and herself├ÇnΓÇÖy─½ng will need to figure out whether she can truly trust the stranger sheΓÇÖs falling for or if heΓÇÖs the most dangerous player of all . . . for herself and for all the realms.