When the gods of Gentricus wage war, they brand mortals with prophecy and let the world bleed.

Elter wanted nothing more than to be left alone—a cursed huntsman making a quiet life with his lover, Rolisha, despite the unsanctioned sorcery that made him an outcast. But a soothsayer's prophecy shattered that peace: one chance in two to survive what's coming. Not the good half.

The prophecy comes with fire and blade. A death cult tears through his city, hunting him for a celestial rune he doesn't yet possess—one the soothsayer claimed he's fated to bear. They throw Elter and Rolisha into separate slave carts. He's marked for sacrifice. She's dragged toward something worse.

Elter doesn't know why they want him dead. Doesn't know about divine wars or cosmic claims on his soul. He only knows Rolisha is gone, and the only path to her runs through blood, bone, and the wreckage of a world coming apart at the seams.

Can he reach her before the gods finish what they started? Or will he witness the world's savage end with empty hands?

Content note: This novel contains graphic violence and mature themes. Intended for adult readers.

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