Between Sun and Shadow

Adria, muscular winged princess of shadow, beside Kori, the smaller armored princess of daylight. Adria holds a blue flame of radioactive energy in her palm. Kori holds a Morpheus sphere, a storage device for memories. Color scheme is purples, pinks, and nearly neon blues.

Hades and Persephone reimagined on a tidally locked planet, for fans of queer romance, mutant superpowers, eccentric robots, and speculative tech—featuring fun and stylish case art beneath the hardcover dust jacket!

Four squares surrouding text that reads, KORI. Images are a robotic hand, sand dunes, a girl's silhouette against a sunset, and a collection of nuts, bolts, and gears.

Sixteen-year-old Kori struggles to be a dutiful heiress to the Daylands, a post-cataclysmic society reliant on chip implants to retain memory. With a strict routine and an overly cautious mother, Kori has only one friend, Aspect—an industrial robot she’s repurposed.

Text in the middle of four squares reads, ASPECT. Images are a scribble that says AWAKE, a human shaking hands with a robotic hand, some wires, and some HTML, all in grayscale.

Determined to awaken sentience in her metal companion, Kori crash-lands in enemy territory while hunting for a memory that might do the trick.

Text in the middle of four squares reads, ADRIA. Images are a woman's dark silhouette, blue flames, a pomegranate spilling seeds shaded bright blue, and a screaming skeleton.

Ravaged by radiation from a meteorite, the citizens of the Shadowlands have evolved into beast-like creatures with supernatural abilities. Adria, a winged mutant, has wrested control of the Shadowlands from her bloodthirsty parents—but not everyone is so willing to embrace her leadership. What better way to instill confidence in her court than by capturing a foreign princess and demanding ransom?

Collection of squares, from top left to bottom right: a blond girl's silhouette, a sunset, a grayscale shadowed woman's mouth, a hand reaching out, a black-and-white galactic sky, a hand reaching for light, a robot, pomegranate seeds on a spoon, and a gas mask.

However, what began as a political maneuver transforms into a potent attraction as Kori’s longing for relationship echoes Adria’s own. Granted free rein of Adria’s fortress, Kori stumbles upon a startling revelation that could upend the Daylands entirely.

Four squares, from top left to bottom right: galaxy, black and white hands reaching up towards light, a blue robotic hand reaching up, and a sunset. Text in the middle reads, BETWEEN SUN & SHADOW.

As rebellion grows and Adria’s precarious hold on her throne wavers, Adria and Kori must join forces to avert all-out war. Does a queen of shadows really stand a chance with a princess of sunlight? Or has the chasm between their nations grown too wide?

A science fantasy “Beauty and the Beast,” this action-packed adventure is written in dual point of view and layered with a charming robot, a cuddly three-headed dog, mind-bending twists, and sapphic yearning.

Adria, muscular winged princess of shadow, beside Kori, the smaller armored princess of daylight. Adria holds a blue flame of radioactive energy in her palm. Kori holds a Morpheus sphere, a storage device for memories. Color scheme is purples, pinks, and nearly neon blues.

BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW releases in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook from Peachtree Teen on May 5, 2026! Pre-order now.

Advanced review copies can be requested on Edelweiss or Netgalley! You can also add on Goodreads.

The author, a smiling white woman with hazel eyes and a head of curly red hair.

Learn about the author, Laura Genn, here.