A God in Chains

Searching for his stolen past in the Dying Earth.He calls himself Farouche after a character from legend but his reality is that his memories and identity were stolen from him by a secret enemy.In a far-future world of wizards and walled cities he finds himself trailing a wealthy merchants caravan across a dusty plain. Possessed of a soldiers skills he hires on with the merchant and begins to build a life. But his efforts to discover his past reveal a dark prospect: was he a participant in a notorious massacre of innocents?Will Farouche come to know the truth? Will he survive the journey across a lawless land to the remote city of Olliphract ruled by half-mad thaumaturges? And when he finally lays bare the plot in which he has been ensnared will it be too late?Matthew Hughes delivers another dark fantastical adventure set in a decadent Dying Earth where men and half-men and even the gods themselves contend for earthly power and unearthly prizes.Praise for Matthew Hughes: Criminally underrated - George R.R. MartinHughess boldness is admirable -- New York Review of Science FictionHeir apparent to Jack Vance -- BooklistHughes effortlessly renders fantastic worlds and beings believable -- Publishers Weekly