Starside Special Edition

From Alex Aster, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series, comes her first adult romantasy.

Enter the world of Starside, where swords wield magic and power is not inherited... but claimed. Hundreds of years ago, a brutal war split a land in two. Starside is the realm of magic and immortals - the descendants of the gods, living in a power-rich paradise. Stormside is where mortals fight for scraps of that magic. Every fifty years, the gates between them open, and fifty challengers are allowed to journey across Starside on a deadly quest to access a pool of magic that can heal, grant wealth, or extend life.

Aris, an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice, enters the Culling not for magic, but for vengeance against the goddess who killed her family. When she claims a great sword, she becomes a target in a land of ancient creatures and bloodthirsty immortals, forced to rely on Harlan Raker - the man who betrayed her years ago.