“Brutal, ambitious, and unflinchingly dark. Fans of Abercrombie and Lawrence will devour this.” — STEPHEN HUNT “Jones drags you through the muck and mire of the battlefield and into an epic adventure.” — DEAN KASTLE The world is consumed by war. Mighty Varrolin burns. The people starve. The sleepers’ plague spreads through the dying empire. In the chaos, Captain Tallen, a disgraced officer, must lead the shattered remains of his company in one last, hopeless defense. Renic, a gutter-born thief, scavenges profit from the ruin—until fate throws him into the captain’s doomed war. But behind the clash of armies, older powers stir. The gods walk the battlefield, fighting not for men or kingdoms—but for their own survival. When the God of War marches, only the damned will survive. For readers of Abercrombie’s The Devils, McLellan’s Powder Mage, and Cornwell’s Sharpe— a brutal military fantasy where faith, blood, and brotherhood decide the fate of gods.