Paternus: Rise of Gods: 1 (The Paternus Trilogy)

Book 1 of the completed Paternus TrilogyEven myths have legends.Described as American Gods meets The Avengers and Supernatural meets The Lord of the Rings Paternus combines myths from around the world in a modern story of action and intrigue that is urban fantasy on the surface but so much more at its core!Terrific! Paternus is intelligent intricate suspenseful and epic. -Nicholas Eames Gemmell Award winning author of Kings of the Wyld and Bloody RoseAshtons story is a crucible in which myths are melted and remade to thrilling effect. -M. R. (Mike) Carey author of The Girl with All the Gifts and the Felix Castor seriesAnd not all legends are myth.When a local hospital is attacked by strange and frightening men Fiona Patterson and Zeke Prisco save a catatonic old man named Peter-and find themselves running for their lives with creatures beyond imagination hounding their every step.With nowhere else to turn they seek out Fis enigmatic Uncle Edgar. But the more their questions are answered the more they discover that nothing is what it seems-not Peter not Edgar perhaps not even themselves.The gods and monsters heroes and villains of lore-theyre real. And now theyve come out of hiding to hunt their own. In order to survive Fi and Zeke must join up with powerful allies against an ancient evil thats been known by many names and feared by all. The final battle of the worlds oldest war has begun.*****Genre: Contemporary Fantasy / Urban Fantasy / Mythic Fiction.Market: Adult to New Adult (as opposed to Teen or YA though savvy 16 or 17 year olds might survive without permanent damage).