Vassal of Shadow

<p><b>At the onset of an epic holy war a young vassal will learn: If he wants to play games with gods he must be prepared to lose everything.</b></p><p>Koven never thought he could catch the attention of a god. But after pulling off a daring theft from a noble house he becomes too irresistible for Celdric-the god of mischief-to ignore.</p><p>Claimed as one of Celdric's vassals and granted the power to control shadows Koven is whisked away to the Cenobium an academy for those marked with the divine blood of the various Athearian deities. There his destiny becomes entwined with those of a gifted seer a shapeshifting prince and a warrior descended from a bloodline plagued with madness. But gods don't share their power without a cost. Koven must first survive the academy's deadly exams.</p><p>Meanwhile as tensions between rival gods reach an all-time high Celdric concocts a scheme to make matters worse. Faced with a war that threatens to consume the continent Koven and his friends must race across enemy territory in search of the goddess of fate before everything they know and love is destroyed. </p><p>And soon Koven finds himself battling more than man-eating monsters and bloodthirsty gods. Because there's a darkness festering inside him and he isn't sure he can save himself much less the kingdom . . .</p><p><b> <i>The Name of the Wind</i> meets <i>Godkiller</i> in this epic fantasy series in which the whims of gods weave a deadly fate that's impossible to avoid.</b></p>