A Court of Crimson and Starfall When human-born Vespera is forced into the Blood Trials, where mortals compete for a chance at immortality in the vampire Court of Nightfall, she expects only one outcome: death. Instead, the court's most feared heir claims her as his sponsored contender, pulling her into a world where every favor has a price and every smile hides a threat. The trials are brutal, but the games played beyond the arena may be deadlier still. As whispers follow her through shadowed halls and secrets begin to surface, Vespera realizes she has been chosen for reasons no one will explain, and the closer she comes to the truth, the more dangerous the court becomes. To survive, she must decide who to trust... and whether the greatest danger is the court itself, or the dark pull of the prince who refuses to let her go.