Muse Of Nightmares (Strange The Dreamer (2))

The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, oreveryone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible tosave them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to theNew York Times bestseller,Strange the Dreamer.ReviewPraise for Muse of NightmaresA Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice * "It is here, perhaps, that Taylor shines the brightest: she's always been a wordsmith, and this book is no exception."?Booklist, starred review "A sequel that surpasses the original."?Kirkus ReviewsPraise and accolades for Strange the Dreamer:A NPR Best Book A Goodreads Best YA Fantasy and Science Fiction NomineeA Boston Globe Best YA BookA Popcrush Best Young Adult BookA Popsugar Best Book for Women A Booklist Editors' Choice An A.V. Club Favorite Book A Tor Top Young Adult SFF BookA Christian Science Monitor Best Book A B&N Teen Blog Best Young Adult Book A Forever Young Adult Best Book"Laini Taylor is so damn good and like no other."?Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom "Laini Taylor set my imagination on fire so hard that it spontaneously combusted...This is the kind of story that paves dreams."? Roshani Chokshi, author of The Star Touched Queen "[A] must-read YA!"? USA Today "Part adventure novel, part romance and part exercise in epic myth-building, it's gorgeously written and full of surprises."?NPR "[One of] our favorite books of the year!"? Popsugar "An epic world of gods, moths and nightmares; a world where the dream chooses the dreamer."? Justine Magazine "Weighty as a nightmare and as transportive as the finest of fantasy, Laini Taylor's new novel will leave readers with miracles on their minds."? HypableAbout the AuthorLaini Taylor is theNew York Times bestselling author of the Printz Honor BookStrange the Dreamer and its sequel,Muse of Nightmares. Taylor is also the author of the global sensation the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and the companion novellaNight of Cake & Puppets. Taylor's other works include the Dreamdark books:Blackbringer andSilksinger, and the National Book Award finalistLips Touch: Three Times. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter, Clementine. Her website is lainitaylor.com.