In a land ruled by prophecy and the whims of Gods, a young man finds
himself at the heart of a war he barely understands, wielding powers he
may never be able to control
Isak is a white-eye, feared and despised in equal measure. Trapped in a
life of poverty, hated and abused by his father, Isak dreams of escape,
but when his chance comes, it isn't to a place in the army as he'd
expected. Instead, the Gods have marked him out as heir-elect to the
brooding Lord Bahl, the Lord of the Fahlan.
Lord Bahl is also a white-eye, a genetic rarity that produces men
stronger, more savage and more charismatic than their normal
counterparts. Their magnetic charm and brute strength both inspires and
oppresses others.
Now is the time for revenge, and the forging of empires. With mounting
envy and malice, the men who would themselves be kings watch Isak,
chosen by Gods as flawed as the humans who serve them, as he is shaped
and moulded to fulfil the prophecies that are encircling him like
scavenger birds. The various factions jostle for the upper hand, and
that means violence, but the Gods have been silent too long and that
violence is about to spill over and paint the world the colour of
spilled blood and guts and pain and anguish ...
