Muse of Nightmares

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, or everyone 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 to save them instead?

Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer.

• Praise 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
• *"As tragedy and triumph and empathy for both humans and godspawn are held in constant tension, the plotting is exquisite, with turns readers will never see coming and that yet make perfect sense in retrospect."
  
  --BCCB, Starred Review
• "Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor is nothing short of a dream."
  Hypable
• "A sequel that surpasses the original."
  Kirkus Reviews
• Praise 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."
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• "[A] must-read YA!"
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• "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!"
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• "An epic world of gods, moths and nightmares; a world where the dream chooses the dreamer."
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• "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."
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• * "Gorgeously written in language simultaneously dark, lush, and enchanting, the book will leave readers eager for the next."
  Publishers Weekly, starred review
• * "Characters are carefully, exquisitely crafted, the writing is achingly lovely, and the world is utterly real.... This is a thing to be savored."
  Booklist, starred review
• * "[Strange the Dreamer] has all the rich, evocative imagery and complex world-building typical of Taylor's best work. This outstanding fantasy is a must-purchase for all YA collections."
  School Library Journal, starred review
• * "The luxurious prose and complex world building invites and rewards slow reading.... Here readers will find characters to love and ones to hate and, ultimately, a world to be willingly lost in."
  Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
• * [Readers] will dive into Taylor's gorgeous prose and brilliant imagery and relish this story about dreams, love, monsters, gods, ghosts, war, and alchemy. Told from alternating points of view, this is complex but satisfying, a story about cultures meeting and clashing."
  VOYA, starred review
• "[Laini Taylor] has spun another mesmerizing tale with captivating twists and turns, an array of intriguing characters, strange and beautiful language, and baroque flourishes of the imagination."
  Horn Book
• "Lovers of intricate worldbuilding and feverish romance will find this enthralling."
  Kirkus Reviews