In the Shadow of the Gods, Rachel Dunne
In the Shadow of the Gods, Rachel Dunne
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In the Shadow of the Gods
A Bound Gods Novel

Author: Rachel Dunne

Narrator: Alex Wyndham

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/04/2018


Synopsis

A breathtaking talent makes her debut with this first book in a dark epic fantasy trilogy, in which a mismatched band of mortals led by a violent, secretive man must stand against a pair of resentful gods to save their world.Eons ago, a pair of gods known as the Twins grew powerful in the world of Fiatera, until the Divine Mother and Almighty Father exiled them, binding them deep in the earth. But the price of keeping the fire lands safe is steep. To prevent these young gods from rising again, all twins in the land must be killed at birth, a safeguard that has worked until now.Trapped for centuries, the Twins are gathering their latent powers to break free and destroy the Parents for their tyranny—to set off a fight between two generations of gods for control of the world and the mortals who dwell in it.When the gods make war, only one side can be victorious. Joros, a mysterious and cunning priest, has devised a dangerous plan to win. Over eight years, he gathers a team of disparate fighters—Scal, a lost and damaged swordsman from the North; Vatri, a scarred priestess who claims to see the future in her fires; Anddyr, a drug-addled mage wandering between sanity and madness; and Rora and Aro, a pair of twins who have secretly survived beyond the reach of the law.These warriors must learn to stand together against the unfathomable power of vengeful gods, to stop them from tearing down the sun . . . and plunging their world into darkness.

About Rachel Dunne

Living in the cold reaches of the upper Midwest with her beast of a dog, Rachel Dunne has developed a great fondness for indoor activities. Her first novel, In the Shadow of the Gods, was a semifinalist for the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award before being picked up for publishing. For as long as snow continues falling in Wisconsin, Rachel promises to keep writing. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookwraiths on July 08, 2016

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths. In the Shadow of the Gods announces a new voice in the fantasy field. Rachel Dunne setting off on an epic journey with this opening salvo in her Bound Gods series; the story promising divine beings, conflict and betrayal, personal angst, and more than enough comba......more

Goodreads review by Solseit on February 08, 2017

First and foremost, let's empower women who write (good) dark fantasy! Well done Rachel Dunne! I am really looking forward to your next activities - and book 2 in this series! It is a great start! A 3.5 stars! The book itself is a debut novel - and there are some elements I love that are missing in th......more

Goodreads review by Zach on June 16, 2016

I got this one from a Goodreads giveaway, which I feel a little bad about, because I think this book will appeal a lot to the right audience, but I am not that audience. I really, really want to like epic fantasy as a genre, and yet... The hook here is that some 800 years ago (a far cry from the "eon......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on July 17, 2016

3.5 of 4 stars [URL not allowed] In the Shadow of the Gods is the debut novel by Rachel Dunne that brings to us a world of divided religion and bound Gods. Many years ago the land of Fiatera was created by Gods now known as the Parents. In later years their children, The Twins, a......more

Goodreads review by The Shayne-Train on August 28, 2020

If'n you like your fantasy at turns dark, bloody, ethereal, and bleak, this is the series for you! This beautifully-written fantasy debut has so many big ideas, and they're all so skillfully presented!......more