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To escape the hell she created, a woman must team up with a novice warrior and return to her homeland in this gritty epic fantasy where delusions are literally made real.
Talos Press
August 2017
On Sale: August 1, 2017
400 pages
ISBN: 1940456894
EAN: 9781940456898
Paperback
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Fantasy
To escape the hell she created, a woman must team up with a novice warrior and return to her homeland in this gritty epic fantasy where delusions are literally made real. Zerfall awakens in an alley, wounded and unable to remember her past. Chased by an assassin out into the endless wastes of the desert, she is caught, disfigured, and left for dead. Her scabbard is empty, but the need for answersβand the pull of her swordβwill draw her back to the city-states. When Jateko, a naΓ―ve youth, accidentally kills a member of his own tribe, he finds himself outcast and pursued across the desert for his crimes. Crazed from dehydration, dying of thirst and hunger, he stumbles across Zerfall. Hunted by assassins and bound by mutual need, both Zerfall and Jeteko will confront the TΓ€uschung, an ancient and deranged religion ruled by a broken fragment of Zerfallβs mind. Swarm, the TΓ€uschung hell, seethes with imprisoned souls, but where godsβreal or imaginedβ meddle in the affairs of man, the cost is high. In Swarm and Steel, the power of belief can manifest and shape reality, and for political and religious leaders, faith becomes a powerful tool. But the insane are capable of twisting reality with their delusions as well, turning increasingly dangerous as their sanity crumbles. It is here that a long prophesied evil will be born, an endless hunger. The All Consuming will rise.
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