For 312 years the rotstorm has blighted the ruins of the Ferron Empire.
Born of an unholy war between gods themselves, it scours the land with acid mists and deadly lightning, spawning twisted monstrosities from its nightmarish depths.
On the Stormwall, the men and women of the Stormguard maintain their vigil - eyes sharp, blades sharper - defending the Undal Protectorate from the worst of the rotstorm's corruption.
But behind the storm front, something is stirring, kindling the embers of an ancient conflict and a plan to kill a god.
Will Stormguard steel be enough to meet the coming tempest?
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Floré returns to the Undal Protectorate to find it blighted by the deadly ice and bitter winds of a Claw Winter. Her people are dying, and she is sworn to save them... but she can think only of her daughter Marta, slowly succumbing to her skein-sickness, trapped somewhere in the far, far north.
Now Tullen One-Eye - the man they call the 'Deathless' - has been freed and roams the land once more. There are rumours that the great god-wolf Lothal hunts again. And, deep in Orubor's Wood, the god-bear Anshuka stirs from her slumber...
Floré must raise her gauntlet one final time if she is to save her daughter and her people. But will steel alone be enough to take down the gods?
Autorentext
Ian Green is a writer from Northern Scotland with a PhD in epigenetics. His fiction has been widely broadcast and performed, including winning the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition and winning the Futurebook Future Fiction Prize. His short fiction has been published by Londnr, Almond Press, OpenPen, Meanjin, Transportation Press, The Pigeonhole, No Alibi Press, Minor Lits, and more.
@ianthegreen www.ianthegreen.com
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The thrilling final instalment in Ian Green's Sunday Times Top 15 bestselling fantasy adventure series.
Hunt the mage. Save the child. Defy the storm.
Across the ruins of Ferron, the rotstorm ever rages. From its nightmarish depths, demons and goblins and rust-folk have struck forth and claimed the Northern Marches as their sanctuary. Through the Undal Protectorate, the land is gripped in a Claw Winter, a frozen mirror of the punishment laid down to the west.
Abandoned on the island of Riven, Floré and her comrades must find their way back to the Protectorate. Her daughter Marta is hidden somewhere in the north, dying from the skein-magic she cannot yet control.
After centuries of bondage, the immortal mage Tullen One-Eye has been unchained and the great god-wolf hunts again. And deep in Orubor's Wood, the god-bear Anshuka stirs from her slumber. The last time the Judges warred, an empire fell.
If she is to save her daughter and free her people, Floré will have to defeat the great wolf and kill the man they call Deathless. But how can she kill the unkillable man? And is steel alone enough to take down the gods themselves?
'Excellent, vivid worldbuilding... A gripping story with cinematic detail' British Fantasy Society