- Published: 17 February 2026
- ISBN: 9781911753421
- Imprint: Mayhem Books
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $65.00
A Stage Set for Villains
- Published: 17 February 2026
- ISBN: 9781911753421
- Imprint: Mayhem Books
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $65.00
As enthralling as it is unique, A Stage Set for Villains will have you spellbound!
New York Times bestselling author, Mai Corland
As enthralling as it is unique, A Stage Set for Villains will have you spellbound!
New York Times bestselling author, Mai Corland
Part novel, part script, A Stage Set For Villains is a fascinatingly unique world like nothing you’ve ever read before, where mirrors are to be feared, life-eating curses abound, and vicious humans-turned-gods called Players perform on a voracious playhouse stage, that will have you riveted from the first casting call!
USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard
Part novel, part script, A Stage Set For Villains is a fascinatingly unique world like nothing you’ve ever read before, where mirrors are to be feared, life-eating curses abound, and vicious humans-turned-gods called Players perform on a voracious playhouse stage, that will have you riveted from the first casting call!
USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard
Dark fantasy at its most intoxicating. Shannon Spann delivers a world where gods crave applause, mortals bleed for love, and every truth feels like a curse. I was completely enthralled
#1 NYT bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
Dark fantasy at its most intoxicating. Shannon Spann delivers a world where gods crave applause, mortals bleed for love, and every truth feels like a curse. I was completely enthralled
#1 NYT bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
Absolutely thrilling. Be ready to be hooked from the first page to the shocking end
NYT bestselling author Elise Kova
Absolutely thrilling. Be ready to be hooked from the first page to the shocking end
NYT bestselling author Elise Kova
A dark and dizzying fantasy that will keep readers enthralled to the end
Kirkus Reviews
A dark and dizzying fantasy that will keep readers enthralled to the end
Kirkus Reviews
Debut author Spann skillfully leverages scriptlike dialogue and punctuated drama structures to flesh out the Playhouse’s vivid world, which is rife with political intrigue and power imbalances. Riven and Jude’s sharp banter and slow-burning enemies-to-lovers romance dials up the novel’s showmanship
Publisher's Weekly
Debut author Spann skillfully leverages scriptlike dialogue and punctuated drama structures to flesh out the Playhouse’s vivid world, which is rife with political intrigue and power imbalances. Riven and Jude’s sharp banter and slow-burning enemies-to-lovers romance dials up the novel’s showmanship
Publisher's Weekly
