'A brilliant epic fantasy debut from a master storyteller' Sebastien
de Castell, author of the Greatcoat series including The Traitor's
Blade
'Wonderful characters and great world-building, in Humphreys' special
brand of addictive storytelling' Diana Gabaldon, author of the
Outlander series
'An intriguing premise... an intricate, fast-paced story... Humphreys
packs gods, deicide, warring tribes and some impressive world-building
into just over 300 pages' Guardian
Three lands, peopled by humans and immortals. In Corinthium a decadent
endlessly-lived elite run the world for profit and power.
But when a poor, honest solider dies, and is reborn, everything changes.
In wintry Midgarth, where immortals are revered as deities, one of them
has realized that something - or someone - is killing the gods.
And in Ometepe there is only one immortal, for he has murdered every
other.
Until one woman gives birth to a very special baby.
Yet there is a fourth, hidden land, where savage tribes have united
under the prophecy of 'the One': a child who is neither boy nor girl.
Now they plan to conquer the world.
Unless a broken soldier, a desperate mother and a crippled god can stop
them . . .