It could be said with truth that the demons did not like their lot in life. Some of them even planned to change the way the world had always worked. They would break the rules if they could and they would gather new servants and worshippers along the way.
According to legends the gods had once been lower beings before they slaughtered their way to the very top of the universe, where they could look down on all of creation and feast as they saw fit.
There had been other gods, cut down, cast out, destroyed or buried, who could say? Perhaps the only ones who knew for certain were the gods and if they knew they did not share that knowledge.
Five kingdoms hunted a man. Five gods wanted that man dead. Armies gathered both to defend him and to capture him. They gods said he had sinned and the people believed them.
Brogan McTyre rode with a small army that would grow soon enough.
Brogan McTyre rode alone.
He carried with him one sword and one axe, and the hopes that before he died he would see the gods themselves destroyed.
Time would tell all the secrets of god and man alike.
About the Author
James A Moore is the award-winning, bestselling, author of over forty novels, thrillers, dark fantasy and horror alike, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, Under The Overtree, Blood Red, the Serenity Falls trilogy (featuring his recurring anti-hero, Jonathan Crowley) and his popular Seven Forges fantasy sequence. In addition to writing multiple short stories, he has also edited, with Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, The British Invasion anthology. His first short story collection, Slices, sold out before ever seeing print. He is currently at work on several new projects, including Fallen Gods, book two in the Tides of War series. Along with Jonathan Maberry and Christopher Golden, he hosts the Three Guys With Beards podcast, and currently he lives in Massachusetts.
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