King of the North
A sequel to Werenight and Prince of the North.
Just when he thought he could settle
down to enjoy peace in his time, Gerin the Fox is told by the god
Biton's new Voice (rather to Biton's annoyance, Gerin had married and so disqualified Biton's previous Voice) that: "Danger overhangs the
Northlands like bunches of ripe grapes hanging down from the vine." Any
mention of grapes makes Gerin nervous, for it suggests that the
Sithonian god Mavrix may be interested once more in affairs of the
Northlands; whenever that playful, malevolent, highly civilized god
notices him and his domain, dreadful things have a way of happening.
But times change, and Gerin's newest enemies, the Gradi, have gods of
their own – cold, fierce gods, who, as soon as an area is conquered,
destroy its ecology, making it uninhabitable to any who do not worship
them.
To fight this menace, Gerin will have to invoke all the help he can get, from Mavrix to Baivers to the crude gods of those who live beneath the
ground. And Gerin will have to survive this war of the gods before he
can consolidate the Northlands, sow civilization along with wheat and
barley, and truly call himself King of the North.
