Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blood Trials | 2022 | N.E. Davenport | Buy |
| 2 | The Blood Gift | 2023 | N.E. Davenport | Buy |
The Blood Gift Duology opens with The Blood Trials, where Ikenna Amari enters the Praetorian selection — a series of tests designed to whittle candidates down through combat, endurance, and political maneuvering. Ikenna carries a hidden blood gift that could get her killed if exposed, along with suspicions about her grandfather’s death that point toward conspiracy within the military elite.
The Blood Gift picks up the story with broader scope as Ikenna’s discoveries in the first book lead to wider conflict. N.E. Davenport builds a world where blood-gifted powers create a rigid caste system, and the military structure that’s supposed to protect society is tangled up in its own corruption. The duology wraps a complete arc across two books, giving readers a finished story without loose ends.