'There is not a dull chapter in this fantasy epic. A great companion to Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology.'- Booklist (starred review) on The Shadow of the Gods 'The world is wonderfully rendered with attention paid to what makes the Norse sagas entertaining….The many layers provide a lavish feast for any reader. It’s everything I’ve come to expect from a John Gwynne book.'- Robin Hobb on The Shadow of the Gods

The well-realized characters move against a backdrop of a world stunning in its immensity. epic, gritty fantasy with an uncompromising amount of heart.' -FanFiAddict 'A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic.' -Anthony Ryan It’s everything I’ve come to expect from a John Gwynne book.' -Robin Hobb “There is not a dull chapter in this fantasy epic.” -Vulture (Best of the Year) A book of forbidden magic with the power to raise the wolf god Ulfrir from the dead.and bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth.

Their only hope lies within the mad writings of a chained god. Yet even the might of the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim cannot stand alone against a dragon god. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest.Īs Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own–and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance.Įlvar has sworn to fulfil her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade the Battle-Grim to follow her. Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Packed with myth, magic, and bloody vengeance, John Gwynne's 'masterfully crafted, brutally compelling, Norse-inspired epic' (Anthony Ryan) continues in The Hunger of the Gods.

The bloodsworn trilogy book 2