Born in darkness. Gifted with the power of death. Never meant to wear the crown.
In a world inspired by Sumerian mythology, Princess Ereshkigal was born in the Dark Land with power over death and destruction. But her kingdom is divided between Light, Grey, and Dark-and darkness has always been expected to know its place.
So has Ereshkigal.
While her parents lavish their attention on her younger sister, Ishtar, Ereshkigal grows up knowing that no matter how powerful she becomes, she will never be queen. Her future has already been decided for her.
Then she meets an intriguing demon prince, and the boundaries of Ereshkigal's carefully ordered world begin to crack.
Her journey carries her beyond everything she has known, through haunted places, the rising dead, dangerous magic, and an evil sorceress determined to stand in her way. With every new threat, Ereshkigal discovers more about her own power-and begins to question why the people of the Dark Land must live beneath the authority of the Grey and Light.
The darkness is not evil.
And Ereshkigal is finished being told that it is.
What begins as one princess searching for her place in the world becomes something far more dangerous: a fight to free her people from generations of oppression.
They told Ereshkigal she would never be queen.
Perhaps the Princess of Death was meant to become something else entirely.