In this thrilling sequel to One Nation Under Gods, a shadow war against a ruthless drug cartel threatens to tear the Golden Kingdom apart. In the aftermath of the Sun Angel plot, Houston Holt struggles to move on, still haunted by the tragedy at Starlet Manor. But when a woman from his past crashes back into his life with assassins on her trail, he is thrust into a fight against an enemy whose savagery is legend. In the western shadowlands, General Sixkills and an elite team of warriors prepare to strike a lethal blow against the Snake Mother’s narco-empire. But in the land of snakes, madness reigns, and Sixkills may not survive the horrors that lie within the Snake Mother’s lair. In Sovereign City, the king’s advisor, Ida James Bishop, uncovers a conspiracy that leads her into the dark heart of the citadel—a pitiless place where the wheels of a coup grind forward, funded by a cabal brazen enough to kill a God King. Return to the Golden Kingdom in this blistering thriller where even the combined might of men and immortals may not be enough to stop the rise of a dark god hellbent on bringing chaos to the realm.