On her twenty-first birthday, Julianna frees an ancient god of vengeance, from his thousand-year prison. In his "gratitude," the god names her his high priest and commands her to lead his people to greatness once again. However, it is now a capital crime for any of Julianna's people to worship one of the five ancient gods - the punishment is the destruction of the offender's soul. And so begins TEARS OF RAGE, a dark, epic fantasy saga about the power of faith and belief, where even though the gods can inspire these qualities in mortals, it is those same mortals that truly control the religions that form from any god's divine inspiration. It is also a swashbuckling tale of political intrigue where men scheme against each other and the gods, and how friendship, loyalty, and faith can help people persevere through the darkest times.

In this second volume of TEARS OF RAGE, Julianna continues to come to terms with being named as high priest by the god of vengeance she freed from his thousand year prison. Still fleeing from her enemies, Julianna has her first encounter with her new god's followers, and she learns that being the first chosen comes with a higher price than she expected.

In First Chosen, Julianna freed the ancient god Grandfather Shadow. He marked her as his high priest, forcing her to choose between her birthrights. In Once We Were Like Wolves, Julianna meets a group of Grandfather Shadows followers for the first time, forcing her to embrace being the Lord Morigahn. Now, Julianna will truly be tested as to what kind of leader she is going to be. Surrounded by allies and enemies, can she be sure who is an ally and who is an enemy? Everyone around her, both her followers and agents of the Kingdom of the Sun, seems to have a secret agenda. In Koma City, estranged brothers, Xander Rosha and Damian Adryck, find themselves entangled in the dangerous web of politics in the Kingdom of the Sun. Can they survive that deadly landscape long enough to determine the rules of that game and who is the key players are? As always, the gods watch, plot, and scheme for power.

"M Todd Gallowglas is the real deal." - Brandon Sanderson While Julianna and her followers race to reach Koma City to find the heirs to the Komati throne before Carmine D'Mario can sacrifice them to satisfy his bargain with a Daemyn, Xander Rosha and Damian Adryck struggle to find out what roles they play in Kingdom politics. They both seek answers to why so many High Bloods and Adepts, including some of the most powerful men in the Kingdom of the Sun, show such interest in them. Within the downtrodden islands of the Warrens, one of the poorest sections of Koma City, those who were born to re-shape Koma's future will come together, and Xander and Damian's questions will be answered, for good or for ill. As always, the gods watch, plot, and scheme for power. Readers who enjoy losing themselves in complex worlds such as Robert Jordan's THE WHEEL OF TIME, George RR Martin's A GAME OF THRONES, and Steven Erikson's THE MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN will find themselves right at home with the TEARS OF RAGE sequence.