Ally
The city of Illharek teeters on the edge of war. Rival godsworn battle in both the Suburban streets and the Senate chambers. And in the fields and forests, a Taliri army plots its attack.
When a rebel faction of Taliri offers to help defeat Tal’Shik, Dekklis sends Snow and her partner, Veiko, north to Cardik’s ruins. The Taliri say that Tal’Shik’s avatar lives in the ruins, and they want Snow and Veiko to kill her. Instead, they discover a city full of angry dead, betrayal, and an unexpected ally.
Meanwhile, Dekklis, now a senator, tries to keep the peace in Illharek by making allies of the powerful Academy and enlisting the Laughing God’s help to control the Suburba. But when a godsworn assassin tries to kill her, the fragile peace shatters, and the Suburba erupts into violence.
As Dekklis restores order on the tip of a legion sword, Snow and Veiko concoct a plan to defeat Tal’Shik. But as the Taliri army bears down on Illharek, their alliance - and friendship - starts to crack. Because this isn’t a battle for Illharek’s streets, it’s a battle for Illharek’s soul. And some costs might be too high...
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K. Eason
K. Eason has always been drawn to questions that live in the gray areas, what happens when myth collides with politics, when technology wears the mask of magic, and when the stories we inherit don’t quite fit the world we live in. That curiosity has carried into every corner of her fiction, from spacefaring fairy-tale heroines to murder-mystery mecha stalking the ruins of forgotten civilizations.
Her first trilogy, On the Bones of Gods, introduced readers to a world where Viking-like magic and Roman-shaped empire clashed in brutal, beautiful ways. With The Thorne Chronicles she leapt into space, blending the wit of a fairy tale with the grit of political science fiction in How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse and its sequel. Most recently, The Weep (Nightwatch on the Hinterlands and Nightwatch Over Windscar) fused alien ruins, detective intrigue, and magical technology into stories that feel at once intimate and expansive. Across all these series runs a constant thread: a fascination with power, privilege, and the choices that shape identity.
On the Bones of Gods
On the Bones of Gods consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
