Rebellion of the Mad Gods. Blood Magic. Part 1

The Great Game in Arallor continues. Great powers act through other people’s hands, but not all of their instruments are willing to remain merely instruments—because the price of the game is the very existence of Arallor itself.

Such force has been set in motion that both mages and gods are going mad. Some desire universal good, others—on the contrary—seek their own might; still others long for their return from nonexistence. But behind all of them stands a sinister specter of blood magic…

The hired battle sorcerer Vitar Laeda, the necromancer Riko, the imperial mage Publius Marron, and the former slave Shaarteh—the Northern Witch—and Quint Fabius Vespa: all of them move toward their fate. Will the world withstand this onslaught? Will it break away from its roots? Will it burn?