**AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!**

THE CHAINS WILL BREAK. THE GODS WILL ANSWER.

For three hundred years the wild island of Croi has been beholden to the Empire of the Answering. Clans have been subjugated, their language outlawed, their religion reduced to a whisper of fugitive priests.

Until one day, the island's prayers are answered. The Gods return.

In their way, the dispossessed and vengeful struggle for power. A ruthless priestess rallies the faithful, offering a simple choice - believe, or die - while the Empire's Queen makes the first move in a long and dangerous game.

Yet one woman will decide their fate . . . Sister Wake, unwilling saint of the Goddess of Death.

Be drawn into an action-packed epic fantasy filled with rebellion, intrigue, horror, dangerous gods, and Celtic mythology, perfect for fans of James Islington, John Gwynne, and Joe Abercrombie.


AUTHORS LOVE THIS EPIC STORY
'The rare epic fantasy that hits on all levels' ANDREA STEWART

'Like nothing you've ever read' LEV GROSSMAN

'Quite simply dazzling' SOPHIE WHITE

'I absolutely loved its epic mix of weird horror and revolutionary intrigue' GARETH HANRAHAN

'A layered, epic world made all the more brutal by the return of gods terrifying and unknown' DAVID DALGLISH

'Two hundred-foot kaiju gods, necromancy, and anti-colonial rebellion - what more could you ask for?' RYAN ROSE

'A brilliant, rebellious scream' R.S.A. GARCIA

'An uprising of furious pride and eldritch horror, where neither gods nor heroes can be trusted' HELEN CORCORAN

READER PRAISE FOR SISTER WAKE

'Dark, devastating and brilliantly written'
'I can't wait for the next book'
'[E]xtraordinary and ferocious'