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Dark Descent

The Crimson Moth #3
by Kristen Ciccarelli
Dark Descent (The Crimson Moth #3) by Kristen Ciccarelli
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The exciting next installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth series, featuring beloved characters Rune and Gideon!

Rune Winters died for Cascadia and came back changed. The resurrection left something dark coiled beneath her ribs: a growing corruption she can’t explain and can’t afford to reveal. Not to the political enemies demanding evaluations for all witches, and not to Gideon, the former witch hunter she married who she fears losing most of all.

As witches vanish across the country and a foreign empire arrives with an offer of protection they're too desperate to refuse, Rune is forced into increasingly dangerous choices between the woman she wants to be and the power she was born to wield.

In Kristen Ciccarelli's Dark Descent, the devastating third installment of The Crimson Moth series, some bargains cannot be unmade, and some secrets consume those who keep them.

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Release date: August 3, 2027

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Kristen Ciccarelli

Kristen Ciccarelli

Kristen Ciccarelli is an internationally bestselling author whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. She grew up on her grandfather's grape farm and spent her childhood running through vineyards, making forts in the barn, and adventuring in the deep, dark woods behind the house. 

Before writing books for a living, Kristen dropped out of college and worked various jobs. These included: fruit picker, artisanal baker, L'Arche assistant, community bread oven coordinator, bookseller, and potter. She also spent a year living in a punk house.

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Today, Kristen resides in the Niagara region of Ontario with her husband and their book-obsessed toddler. She is happiest when she’s writing stories, reading a good book by a warm fire, or dancing through the house with her daughter.

The Crimson Moth

In a world still bleeding from revolution, being a witch is a death sentence, and falling in love with a witch hunter may be even more dangerous. Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Crimson Moth blends dark romantic fantasy with political intrigue, forbidden magic, secret identities, and an enemies-to-lovers relationship in which deception can be as deadly as any spell.

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Witches once held power, but the revolution has turned them into hunted outcasts. Rune Winters survives by hiding behind the carefully cultivated image of a shallow young socialite while secretly operating as the Crimson Moth, a vigilante who helps witches escape persecution. Gideon Sharpe stands on the opposite side of that fractured society: a devoted witch hunter shaped by the brutality of the old regime and determined to uncover the Crimson Moth’s identity. Their attempts to manipulate one another gradually become something far more complicated, forcing both to confront uncomfortable truths about loyalty, justice, and the people they have been taught to hate.

The series thrives on that moral tension. Its conflict is not simply witches against witch hunters, and neither side emerges untouched by the violence that created the new order. Against a backdrop of glittering parties, hidden magic, revolutionary scars, betrayal, and shifting political power, Rune and Gideon are repeatedly caught between what they believe, what they owe to others, and what they feel for each other.

Beginning with the bestselling Heartless Hunter and continuing with the #1 New York Times bestseller Rebel Witch, the series found a large audience through its combination of high-stakes romantasy and cat-and-mouse suspense. Originally conceived as a duology, Rune and Gideon’s story has since expanded beyond its planned ending, opening a darker new chapter in their world.

At its heart, The Crimson Moth is a fantasy romance about two people standing on opposite sides of a revolution and discovering that neither love nor hatred remains simple once they begin to see the person behind the enemy.


The Crimson Moth consists of two books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of two more books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Heartless Hunter (The Crimson Moth #1)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Rebel Witch (The Crimson Moth #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Dark Descent (The Crimson Moth #3)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
The Deadly Duet (The Crimson Moth #4)
⧗ 8.00 / 1


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