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- ISBN 9781399732611
- Weight: 800g
- Dimensions: 164 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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**AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!**
'THE RARE EPIC FANTASY THAT HITS ON ALL LEVELS' ANDREA STEWART
'LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER READ' LEV GROSSMAN
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.
THE GODS WERE HERE. AND THEY WERE ANGRY.
For three hundred years the wild island of Croí has been subject to the Empire of the Answering. Clans have been subjugated, their language outlawed, their religion reduced to the whisper of fugitive priests.
Until Croí's prayers are answered. The Gods return. Feral and majestic, they stride the land as colossi, throwing the Empire into chaos.
The dispossessed and the vengeful struggle for power. A ruthless priestess rallies the faithful, offering a simple choice - believe, or die - even as the empire's Queen makes the first moves in a long and dangerous game.
But for all their machinations, one woman will decide the fate of them all . . . Sister Wake, unwilling saint of the Goddess of Death.
AUTHORS LOVE THIS EPIC STORY
'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' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
