In a world that is not quite Neu and not quite anything else, Nox and Sola witches and muses run amock in the broken Kingdom of Hexe. The North hosts the Lunaris Witches, the Nox or Luna, with alignments to Lunaris and to darkness. The South with the Solaris Witches, the Sola, and their affinities for Solaris and light. Astéri is a witch living in the North, a Nox. She is Bouvardia of the Flower Bouquet, a group comprised of both Sola and Luna Witches from all corners of Hexe. However to her kingdom she is Astéri Anthyllio, Queen of North Hexe, Witch of the Ma'avri, Member of the Flower Bouquet, and one of the seven Protectors of Neu. There is talk of a rebellion if the two halves of the land are not made whole and the only way to do so is through a union - a marriage between the Queen of the North and the Prince of the South. Unfortunately her lover is not too keen on the idea, and some of the public isn't either. With something much more sinister, much more pressing brewing in the distance, Bouvardia Astéri cannot afford to waste time on trivial affairs. She must gather those who can help her or she would have to risk the lives of herself, her people, and her crown. What she knows is this: something is coming, and it brings something worse than death with it. ••• Book one of THE BLOOM SERIES, a WORLD OF NEU novel