The old gods sleep beneath the earth.
And something is stirring them awake.
In the crumbling Empire of Lorthane, devotion has faded into memory and ancient pacts have been forgotten. Famine spreads, storms batter the coastlines, and the prayers of mortals go unanswered.
Until now.
Mira, a failed priestess cast out for questioning the rites, has lived her life at the edge of the dying empire ? a survivor, not a savior. But when a strange tremor shakes the land and black lightning splits the sky, the forgotten powers of Lorthane begin to reawaken ? and Mira's blood holds the key to summoning them.
To stop the ruin from devouring her people, Mira must make a dangerous pilgrimage into the lost Wilds, seeking the Eater of Storms ? a god-monster from the first days of creation, sealed away for crimes too terrible to name.
But bargains with dead gods are never simple.
And power, once unleashed, is not so easily caged.
Rich in myth and haunting in tone, Eater of Storms is a standalone dark fantasy novel perfect for fans of Tamsyn Muir, Katherine Arden, and the storm-lashed ruins of ancient worlds. A story of broken faith, dangerous hope, and the price of waking old things best left sleeping.
The gods are not merciful.
They are merely patient.
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Marin Blackthorn writes tales where myth bleeds into reality and memory becomes a battleground. Known for his lyrical prose and atmospheric world-building, Blackthorn crafts deeply emotional journeys set against backdrops of ancient powers, crumbling empires, and forgotten gods.
His debut novel, Eater of Storms, introduced readers to a world on the brink of annihilation, where a disgraced priestess becomes the key to either salvation or total ruin. The critically acclaimed The Widow of the Weeping Fjord continues his exploration of grief, sacrifice, and divine mystery, following a widow's descent into myth and madness beneath the waves.
Marin's upcoming novel, The Harrowed Bell, is a haunting gothic fantasy set in a village silenced by its own secrets and threatened by a forgotten god, continuing his signature blend of dark folklore, spectral whispers, and quiet defiance.
Blackthorn lives where the sky is gray more often than blue, finding inspiration in the hush of ancient forests, the chill of the sea wind, and the stories no one dares to tell aloud.