Unaware that Lucifer has seized control of the Alliance, Mikhail must fill the void left by Jamin’s eviction to convince the Ubaid to pull together, not just as individual villages, but as a united tribe. But Shahla’s allegations have put a strain upon his marriage, dredging up old wounds and a primordial power which no mortal creature can control. Without his “Chosen One’s” trust, can Mikhail unite the Ubaid to fight back against what is coming? Or will he succumb to his rage and unleash a destructive force which makes even the gods quake in terror?
Jamin, meanwhile, won’t accept having his village “stolen”. The Halifian’s new ally, the Amorites, claimthat “lizard men” have offered a sheikh’s ransom in gold to bring back the Angelic’s head. Who, better than Assur’s former Muhafiz, knows how to sneak past their defenses and collect it?
Meanwhile, in the heavens, Lucifer upstages his own coup d’etat with an even more breathtakingly devious manipulation to provoke a war between the two great empires—and deliver him to Mikhail’s doorstep.
The Sword of the Gods saga continues in Book 5: Queen of a Lesser Empire.
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