grand prize winner in the 2020 ngbia for fictionwinner of the 2019 epic fantasy fanatics readers choice awardsthe highstakes plot fast pacing and convincing characters will hook epic fantasy readers on this impressive debut great for fans of george rr martins a song of ice and fire series r scott bakkers prince of nothing series booklife reviewsfive hundred years ago the world shattered banishing the gods from the sister continents and stealing the memories of the mortal peoples in an event known as the great forgetting in 17 days the stars will align and a religious cabal will summon the gods back to the realms of men in the northern tundra priests search the steaming lakes a place tormented by the wakened dead deep in the mountains demonic shadows assail priests at a holy shrine in the south the clans know something foul is afoot and dispatch warriors to seek answers but instead they find horrors a young priestess named eliles stands in the heart of this conspiracy on her shoulders rest decisions which could prevent a holy war or demonic genocide through lies manipulation and murder everyone is on a 17day march to fulfill or defy prophecy the world will end or begin anew come the eve of snows