Dark Descent
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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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.
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.
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.


