Nethergeist

<p>For thousands of years the Emperor Goat a necromancer so powerful he has declared himself God has had an iron grip on the universe causing most worlds to fall into disrepair.</p><p>In a paranoid city of renegades the last bastion of humanity holds out against his might.</p><p>Ayilia its Regent-Elect is friendless single the 'wrong' sex the 'wrong' heritage and apparently cursed. While attempting to rout a coup she is selected by outside forces to search for the impending birth site of Al Kimiya a mage who is said to be the only match for the Emperor. To save herself and her people she must ally with heretic magi necromantic freedom fighters the human-hating reptilian Krayal and her sworn foe the cowardly lifeless warlord Vespasian.</p><p>A complex literary fantasy Nethergeist is a story where the conflict is as much about the characters' inner turmoil as the outward struggle against the maniacal emperor. Featuring intense battles snappy dialogue and a world on the edge of ruin Nethergeist is a fantasy in the vein of Malazan Book of the Fallen and The First Law.</p>