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Godkiller by Hannah Kaner (Godkiller #1)
“People make gods, and, for better or worse, gods make people. We show each other for what we truly are. Yearning beings, desperate for love, power, safety.” Found Family ✓ Animal God Companion ✓ Blessed/Cursed Child ✓ What is the Book about?Kissen kills gods for a living, and she enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skediceth, god of white lies, who is connected to a little noble girl on the run. Elogast fought in the god war, and helped purge the city of a thousand shrines before laying down his sword. A mysterious request…
Review Priest of Bones by Peter McLean (War for the Rose Throne #1)
“Where is the difference between holy and possessed? I wondered. When does miracle become magic, magic become witchcraft? Is it in the nature of the deed itself, or in the eye of the beholder? Is it decided in the telling after the fact, and if so does it depend on who does that telling?” Sarcastic and grim dialogues ✓ Immorally Bloody ✓ Atmospheric ✓ What is the Book about?Soldiers, gangsters, magicians… the dark alleys of the city are fought over who has the say in the taverns, brothels and temples of gambling. The priest Tomas Piety and his people have…
A Gamble Of Gods – Mitriel Faywood (Order of the Dragon #1)
“Anger is like fire. Let it burn unwatched, and it will hurt you. Use it wisely, and it becomes what gods intended it to be: fortitude.” Sci-Fi meets Fantasy ✓ Hero’s Journey ✓ Charming Characters ✓ Kristian del Rosso has led a quiet life, burying himself in research and teaching at the University of St Mark. The arrival of a mysterious killer with supernatural abilities and the bloody massacre of a group of Kristian’s students changes all that. Kristian’s grief and a need for answers drives him to set out after their murderer, prepared to face the man but unprepared…
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George R.R. Martin
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