Blackdog
Pyr · Print & ebook · September 20, 2011
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- Who it’s for
- A dark, road-bound fantasy where ancient gods and a forgotten guardian spirit complicate every escape.
- Themes
- Gods and divine incarnations, Possession and madness, Conquest and rebellion
- Pacing
- Fast
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In a land where gods walk on the hills and goddesses rise from river, lake, and spring, the caravan-guard Holla-Sayan, escaping the bloody conquest of a lakeside town, stops to help an abandoned child and a dying dog. The girl, though, is the incarnation of Attalissa, goddess of Lissavakail, and the dog a shape-changing guardian spirit whose origins have been forgotten.
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Possessed and nearly driven mad by the Blackdog, Holla-Sayan flees to the desert road, taking the powerless avatar with him. Necromancy, treachery, massacres, rebellions, and gods dead or lost or mad, follow hard on the their heels. But it is Attalissa herself who may be the Blackdog’s—and Holla-Sayan’s—doom.
Gods on the Road
A dark, road-bound fantasy where ancient gods and a forgotten guardian spirit complicate every escape.
Come here for
- Gods rooted in hills, rivers, lakes, and springs
- A shape-changing guardian spirit with a buried past
Expect
- A dangerous flight shadowed by necromancy and treachery
- Mythic stakes tangled with gods dead, lost, or mad
Where it sits
| Epic Fantasy | 99% |
|---|---|
| Dragons & Mythic Creatures | 28% |
| Fantasy Adventure | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy
- Dragons & Mythic Creatures
- The Occult & Supernatural
- Authors
- K. Johansen
- Publisher
- Pyr
- Published
- September 20, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Gods and divine incarnations · Possession and madness · Conquest and rebellion
- Reading lane
- Fantasy