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The Father of Shadow and Death
A Fantasy Novel by Tim McKay
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dark Fantasy,
- Gods and Deities,
- Exile,
- Reluctant Hero,
- Monsters
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fallen gods haunting exiled peoples in opulent cities
- Grim quests where madness and monsters blur the line
- Vengeful deities and traitors threatening entire communities
Beneath the splendor of empires, there ever beats a poisoned heart.
In the city of Naemralda, a glorious capital of untold wealth and glamor, the people of Ceremai live in exile — content but loathed, and ever dreaming of the homeland they left behind. Only a scorned arbiter and failed priest, Braddock Tuzzein, knows the truth. That the lands they seek, the lands their ancestors escaped at great cost, are home to a fallen god.
Hakaz, the Dark One, whose waking spirits nearly shattered Braddock's mind with a single touch. And now, the wolves of the fallen god are coming for them all.
A tale of grisly murders, monsters, and madness, The Father of Shadow and Death follows one man's doomed quest to save his people — from the wrath of a vengeful god, and the traitors who hound his every step.
But woe to those who would break a man's soul. For the shame of the father begets wrath of the son.
Dar'shenna Cere Ma'z. "Glory to the children of wrath."
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