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In the House of Earth and Blood, Bryce publicly revealed the secret fact that the Autumn King was her biological father. Bryce is getting to know her half-brother, Crown Prince Ruhn, and grapple with her status as Starborn Fae Princess. Bryce and Hunt have been maintaining a low profile on the orders of the Asteri Rigelus, also known as the Bright Hand. The plot of House of Sky and Breath picks up about three months after the events of House of Earth and Blood. The series contains explicit scenes of sex and violence, as well as the use of profane, vulgar, and obscene language. Crescent City, the most recent series by Maas, is her first venture into the genre of fantasy for mature readers.  She has sold millions of copies of her books, which have also been translated into 37 languages. Maas is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the popular young adult fantasy series: Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses.  The investigation into Midgard’s politics and history bring Bryce and her friends a step closer to dismantling the tyrannical regime of their world. In the process, they make unlikely allies and discover the power of found families, love, and sacrifice. When Bryce learns that her best friend Danika had been working closely with the human rebel Sofie Renast before Danika’s murder in House of Earth and Blood, Bryce and Hunt get drawn into the Ophion rebellion. After the climactic battle of House of Earth and Blood, Bryce and Hunt want to take a break from public life and focus on their evolving relationship. The novel is told from a limited third-person perspective through the eyes of chief characters, mainly Bryce, her lover Orion “Hunt” Athalar (a fallen angel), and Bryce’s brother Ruhn Danaan. In the process, they learn uncomfortable truths that upturn all the official histories they have ever believed. Bryce Quinlan, the half-Fae, half-human protagonist, and her friends get drawn into a rebel plot. In House of Sky and Breath, the rebellion-known as Ophion-is more powerful than ever. However, humans and their allies want to overthrow the government. Most magical folk of Midgard, such as the Faerie folk (Fae), shifters, and mer-people, seem content with the power structures of their world because they benefit from the status quo. Democracy is no longer practiced, though it might have been the norm before the Asteri.  The governance system of Midgard has elements of both monarchy and dictatorship. The Asteri have been in power ever since, establishing a strict hierarchy with humans at the bottom of the pyramid. Fifteen thousand years before the events of the novel, Midgard was colonized by the Asteri-extremely powerful star-like beings-and magical folk from other worlds. Midgard was once populated only by humans and other indigenous life forms. The events of House of Sky and Breath take place on the planet of Midgard, which might be Earth in the future.

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