Sera and Nyktos, the ruler of the Shadowlands she has come to love, are held prisoner by Kolis, the false King of the Gods. A single betrayal put them both in his hands. Only one path can free Nyktos and keep the Shadowlands from marching on Dalos.
Kolis governs his prisoners as unpredictably as he governs his court. His moods swing without warning, and his sense of honor follows rules only he understands. Surviving him takes more than defiance. What Sera learns inside his court reshapes what she believed about her own duty, and about who truly threatens the realms.
The Ascension is closing in. Nyktos means to meet it as the Primal of Life, even if the cost is the realms themselves, rather than lose Sera. Fate has already written most of what comes next. One thread was never written, and it may be the only force strong enough to answer the Fates.
A Fire in the Flesh is the third book in the Flesh and Fire series, a dark romantasy Armentrout set thousands of years before Poppy's story in the Blood and Ash books. Captivity, court politics and the slow-built romance between Sera and Nyktos carry through at the same pitch as the first two.