The second book in the Nox Winters series, Nox Winters and the Stygian Serpent, releases October 21, 2025! The first book follows Nox’s journey into a magical forest suspended in endless night as he searches for a way to save his dying brother’s life.
Now, though he thought the worst was over, he reluctantly returns to the woods to pay back a favor he owes—and is forced to confront truths he hoped to leave in the past.
Here’s the cover and a summary of book 2:
After Nox’s narrow escape from the Nightwood last fall, he had no intention of ever returning. It doesn’t matter that he’s a Keeper of Night, destined to guard and rule over the forest. He never wanted the title or the power; it wasn’t his choice, so as far as he’s concerned, it’s not his problem.
But when an old friend comes to Nox for help, he can’t refuse. He agrees to go back to the Nightwood one more time, a decision that sends him on a harrowing journey into the mountains at the edge of the forest. There, he and his friends fall prey to a trickster deity of good fortune, whose games they must win if they want to survive. But victory may require Nox to do the one thing he swore he wouldn’t—accept his magical inheritance and the responsibility that comes with it.
Nox might be ready to put the Nightwood behind him. But the Nightwood isn’t ready to let him go.
Cover art by Xiao Tong Kong; design by Molly Fehr.
Rochelle Hassan is an author of middle grade and young adult fantasy novels. Her work includes The Prince of Nowhere, The Buried and the Bound trilogy, and Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf.
Website: https://rochellehassan.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rochellehassanbooks/
Spooky Middle Grade 
Love the cover!!!
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