The ragtag group from Jalard have finally reached Shemet, Sharma's capital city. Scarred and bereft, they bring with them the grim tale of what happened to their village, and a warning about the ancient powers that have been awakened and now threaten all humanity.
Despite this, some of them still hope that reaching sanctuary within the Synod will mean an end to their hardships, but these hopes are soon dashed. Sharma's ruling class are caught within their own inner turmoil. When Jaedin senses that there are moles within their ranks, not only does his call to crisis fall mostly on deaf ears, but some who do hear seek to thwart him when he tries to hunt these infiltrators down.
Meanwhile, across the Valantian Mountains, Gavendara is beginning to muster its forces. Using ritualistic means to augment their soldiers, their mutant army is like nothing the world has ever seen before.
The Zakaras are coming. And Sharma's only hope of stopping them is if it can unite its people in time.
"a nuanced, smart high fantasy novel with intelligent, complex characters, good LGBT rep and some killer twists" - Joanne Hall, author of The Art of Forgetting
"an exciting book which ups the stakes, mixing traditional fantasy with an element of possession horror" - David Craig, author of the Sooty Feathers series
"a journey into Fantasy, only it's not quite the journey you expected, and it's all the better for it." - Allen Stroud, chair of BSFA and author of Fearless
Cover design: Alison Buck
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978-1-911409-99-1 (9781911409991)
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Tej Turner does not have any particular place he would say he is 'from', as his family moved between various parts of England during his childhood. He eventually settled in Wales, where he studied Creative Writing and Film at Trinity College in Carmarthen, followed by a master's degree at The University of Wales Lampeter. Since then, Tej has mostly resided in Cardiff, where he works as a chef by day and writes by moonlight. His childhood on the move seems to have rubbed off on him because when he is not in Cardiff, it is usually because he has strapped on a backpack and flown off to another part of the world to go on an adventure. When he travels, he takes a particular interest in historic sites, jungles, wildlife, native cultures, and mountains, and so far, he has clocked two years in Asia and a year in South America. He also spent some time volunteering at the Merazonia Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Ecuador, a place he intends to return to someday. He also hopes to go on more adventures and has his sights set on Central America next. Firsthand accounts of Tej's adventures abroad can be found on his travel blog on his website. A place he also posts author-related news.¿His debut novel The Janus Cycle was published by Elsewhen Press in 2015 and its sequel Dinnusos Rises was released in 2017. Both are hard to classify within typical genres but were semi-biographical in nature with elements of magical realism. They have often been described as 'gritty and surreal urban fantasy'.He has since branched off into writing epic fantasy and has an ongoing series called the Avatars of Ruin. The first instalment - Bloodsworn - was released in 2021, and its sequel Blood Legacy is due out in 2022. He is currently engaged in writing the third instalment ('Blood War').
