When protectors become killers…
For thousands of years, elemental titans known as the Drim have guarded and served the Dolmec people. Now, for the first time in history, they have turned violent, and not even the priests who follow them understand why.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Damek is annoyed when his older brother, Azai, advises him to abandon a quiet scholarly life for the chance to help Azai to stop a war. Though Damek does not share his brother’s ambition and arrogance, he realizes his existence has become tepid and stale. But when Azai instead incites lifelong pacifists to take up arms, Damek is forced to question his brother’s motives.
The penalty for success…
The proud general Shoji has won every battle he’s ever faced, and is determined to spend what’s left of his life quietly with his family. But the Emperor-god he serves has other plans.
At every turn, the lives of mortals are driven by the deities they love or fear. But what happens when the gods themselves fail?
Excerpts from the Book
1. Azai recruits Damek
2. A Drim behaves strangely
3. Sandpriestess Issia investigates allegations against the Drim.
I know you are not a fan of unqualified praise, but I am a real fan of chapter four. I especially like sandpriestess Issia. I like her title-”sandpriestess”. And what a lot of questions are raised by that remarkable demonstration she performed! I certainl do await chaper 5!