The Gods of Men

Top 10 Finalist in Mark Lawrences SPFBO 2018 Sable hated the gods. She hated what men did in their name.Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesnt know her music holds power over souls-not until at age nine she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sisters heart killing her. Horrified by what shes done and fearing for her life she flees north out of Provincial jurisdiction and into the frigid land of exiles and thieves known as The Wilds. There Sable lives in hiding burdened by guilt and survives as a healer. But now ten years later someone-or something-is hunting her.On the run again Sables best chance for survival is Jos a lethal man from the Five Provinces who claims to need her skills as a healer to save his dying father and she needs the large sum of money hes offered. Theres something about him Sable doesnt trust but she doesnt have many options. A spirit of the dead is hunting her summoned by a mysterious necromancer and its getting closer.Sable soon discovers shes just the start of the necromancers plan to take over the Five Provinces and shes the only one with the power to stop it. But harnessing her forbidden power means revealing it to the world and the dangerous Provincial Jos shes beginning to fall for.Fans of Brandon Sanderson Naomi Novik and Victoria Schwab will love this dark and epic fantasy adventure.