The Coming of the Dark
By (Author) Chris Humphreys
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
30th November 2021
24th June 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fantasy
813.6
Paperback
352
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 34mm
250g
'Brilliant: smoothly-written, engaging, fascinating' Conn Iggulden, author of the bestselling War of the Roses series
Three lands. Each ruled in different ways by a decadent immortal elite for their own pleasure and power. They know nothing of each other. But there is a fourth, vast land of mortals. Led by black-eyed priests, the tribes have put aside centuries of hate to unite under the prophecy of 'the One': a child saviour who is neither boy nor girl. Now they are finally ready to conquer the whole world... and wipe the immortals out.Yet in each of those other worlds there are some who will resist, even unto a final death.Luck, a malformed god of the Northmen, desperate to give up a drug that shows him the whole world clearly, even as it destroys his will to fight for it. Ferros, a brilliant warrior recently made immortal, torn between new and old loyalties and loves. Atisha, mother of 'the One', determined to defeat all plans that have been made for her child.Among battles on sea and land, the fall of empires and the rise of the Mortals, will come the Triumph of the One.But will it be a final darkness Or is there someone who can still save the lightC.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third generation actor and writer on both sides of his family, he lives on Salt Spring Island, Canada. www.cchumphreys.com