The Shadow of the Gods

Pages: 496
Published: 2021
Language: English

In the Norse-inspired land of Vigrið, the gods are dead, but their powerful remains are still hunted by those seeking strength. Three warriors—a mother searching for her kidnapped son, a noblewoman seeking glory, and a former slave looking for vengeance—find their paths crossing as old powers begin to stir. It is a brutal world of shield-walls, monsters, and blood-debts where survival is never guaranteed.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Gritty Dark Atmospheric Adventurous

Multiple POVs Quest Revenge Found Family Morally Grey

High Fantasy Dark Fantasy Epic Fantasy Fantasy Mythology

John Gwynne

John Gwynne (b. 1968) is a British fantasy author born in Singapore, where his father was posted with the Royal Air Force, and raised in England from infancy. He studied and later lectured at the University of Brighton before writing full-time. His debut novel, Malice (2012), the opening book of The Faithful and the Fallen, won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award for best fantasy debut. He went on to write the Of Blood and Bone series and The Bloodsworn Saga, the latter drawing on Norse mytholog...