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.
Orphaned librarian revealed to be half-god, with power over the alien blue metal mesarthium; must choose between saving Sarai and saving Weep.
Godspawn called the Muse of Nightmares, who can enter human dreams through magical moths; dies and is bound as a ghost by Minya, then struggles to redefine herself.
Godspawn perpetually six years old who binds the dead as ghosts and commands a ghost army; holds Lazlo and Sarai hostage.
One of two sisters on the island of Rieva with a Mesarthim gift; her astral projection lets her cast her consciousness as a great white eagle.
Kora's sister, whose rare gift lets her steal and wield other people's Mesarthim powers.
Yes. Muse of Nightmares (2018) is the second and final book of Laini Taylor's Strange the Dreamer duology, concluding the story begun in Strange the Dreamer.
Yes. Muse of Nightmares picks up immediately after the events of Strange the Dreamer and assumes the reader already knows its characters and world.