Gods rule this planet. Demons stalk its canyons while Kings begfor mercy. Can three mere humans rewrite its destiny?The otherworldly religious conflict of Dune, the cosmicstrangeness of Gideon the Ninth, and the heart-pounding actionof Red Rising converge in this horror-tinged epic sciencefantasy debut Ysira Naktis was a human sacrifice, marked for death. Unlike thethousands 'harvested’ each year, though, she did theunthinkable. She survived—and what she brought back with hercould change the fate of worlds. When Ysira’s estranged son is chosen to become the vessel of agod-killing demon, she is faced with a choice: allow him toharness cosmic power at an unspeakable cost, or doom millionsto save him. She finds an unlikely ally in Brother Jacen Kheris, once a gifted exorcist, now a guilt-ridden addict, desperate forpurpose. From a demon-haunted canyon to a starbound satellite, theymust battle their way through cultists, aliens, and the godsthemselves. The truths they unearth are deeper and moresinister than anything they could have imagined. In this cinematic thrill ride, Jesse Aragon plunges us into a worldas intricate and inventive as it is brutal.