A mismatched band of mortals and their violent, secretive leader must
stand against a pair of resentful gods to save their world in this
second volume in Rachel Dunne's breathtaking dark epic fantasy trilogy,
The Bound Gods, which began with In the Shadow of the Gods.
To win the coming battle for control of the world and the mortals who
dwell in it, the cunning priest Joros secretly assembled a team of
powerful fighters--Scal, a lost and damaged swordsman from the North;
Vatri, a scarred priestess who claims to see the future in her fires;
Anddyr, a drug-addled mage wandering between sanity and madness; and
Rora and Aro, a pair of twins who have secretly survived beyond the
reach of the law.
But the war is only beginning for these disparate warriors and victory
is far from certain when the enemy is a pair of vengeful gods. As the
bound Twins strengthen in force against their parents--the Divine Mother
and Almighty Father--who exiled them, a shadow begins to spread across
the land, threatening to engulf all in its wake.
As deadly magic takes hold, the tenuous bonds tying these uneasy allies
begins to unravel. If they cannot find a way to keep their band
together, each of their lives--and the entire world--will be lost to the
darkness, leaving nothing but the bones of the earth. . . .
