The River and the Star

Sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestselling novel, The Sun and the Void. THE GODS ARE RETURNING As they emerge from the ruins of Rahmagut's tomb, Reina and Eva are now hosts to ruthless, ancient entities: The gods of the sun and the Void.

In the service of the Liberator, Reina wants to rebuild a new life with Maior. But Enrique's forces loom on the horizon, seeking reparations for the attempt against Celeste's life and to give eternal rest to the soul of his late wife Laurel. As Maior is still haunted by Laurel's soul, her life is threatened, risking the fleeting happiness Reina and Maior managed to attain in their new, idyllic island life.

Eva seeks to measure up to being the Liberator's heir, all the while fighting Rahmagut's influence as it bursts through the seams. Imprisoned and isolated for his role at Rahmagut's tomb, Javier is on the verge of losing his identity and turning into a tiniebla. Eva knows she must free him or else she will lose him completely, but relations between her husband and her allies are precarious.

Then, as an inexplicable uprising of tinieblas razes through Venazia and Fedria, Reina and Eva are forced to band together with their newfound strength to quell the darkness threatening their land, all the while leashing the antagonistic gods they house, who may be using their divine influence to orchestrate a plot of their own design…