Children of Blood and Bone meets The Scorpion and the Night Blossom in this high-stakes, afro-fantasy where two teens race across the desert to save a kingdom trapped in eternal darkness ... if the soldiers, dragons, and debt collectors don't catch up to them first.

In a world devoid of a sun, the night sky means death and we are living in its shadow.

After seven years of darkness, Baba Alade is exhausted. Being a courier isn’t that hard but, when you have a bad leg, no dragon, and no sunlight, it’s impossible to rest. To top it off, he owes a dangerous dragon-summoner more money than he could ever earn.

Out of options, he agrees to escort Layo Sowande to the Obsidian Mountains to get the payout he needs to start over. Unfortunately for him, Layo is one of the last phoenix-summoners and is full of secrets. But even worse–she’s curious about his own.

While racing across the desert, dodging soldiers and shadow monsters, Baba realizes this job might be more than he bargained for. As he learns that the queen who plunged their world into darkness when she killed the phoenix summoners, is hunting down a mysterious package…that Layo is carrying.

As sparks fly and dawn approaches, Baba and Layo grow closer–but their enemies are getting closer too, and if they want to see the sun rise again, they’ll have to survive the night.