“Collect souls. Grow stronger. The continent depends on it.” Oak fears his own lust for war. Sadly for him, all of Pairi-Daeza stands upon the edge of a knife. Angels and demons weave their plots in the long shadows cast by the corpse of God, and he finds himself at the heart of the coming chaos. An unlucky chain of events takes Oak and his dog Geezer from the far North into the City of God. Misfortune turns into an opportunity when a friendly demon with radical ideas about monarchy takes Oak under his patronage. Unfortunately, the joys of power are balanced with the weight of responsibility. To receive boons from his patron, Ashmedai, Oak must feed freshly slain souls to the infernal engine attached to his own soul. But strength alone is just a means to an end. He must rescue a prisoner, escape from the city and save the continent from a dragon’s folly. And maybe kill a king or two along the way, if he is not too busy.
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