All That Is Holy

With the lives of her family and the fate of her soul on the line, Odessa Kusa must battle man and god alike in pursuit of salvation-and revenge. The village of Kalaro is dying. Since the coming of the Gray, food is scarce, plague is everywhere, and babies enter the world choking and dying. Rot has taken over the village houses that stand dilapidated and abandoned. In a bid to save his people, Odessa Kusa's father, Omari, plans to kill one of the Low Gods-a grave sin thought to be nigh impossible for a mortal man-and Odessa is thrilled to be brought along on the hunt. But the ancient boar god Egende is not so easily hunted. When Odessa is injured, her desperate father fills her body with cursed blood magic, damning her soul to Matara's comforting embrace. The terrified villagers cast her out of their community into a cruel, pitiless world. Banished and wild with grief and rage, Odessa sets out in search of a shaman to purge her of the tainted blood and assure her salvation. But with every passing day, the blood seeps into her soul and makes her stronger-and angrier. When she happens upon the opportunity for revenge, she seizes it. Fleeing through godforsaken wilderness, Odessa must fight for herself and those she loves . . . even if it means her own death. The first volume of the hit epic-fantasy series-originally released on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

Poisoned with the magic blood of a murdered god, Odessa has been cast out of her village-and now an angry goddess is on her trail-in this fantasy adventure. When Odessa joined the hunt to kill one of the Low Gods in a last-ditch effort to save her people from the ravages of the sun-deadening Gray, an encounter with the ancient boar god Egende left her trampled and near death. Desperate, her father filled her body with cursed magic blood, saving her life but damning her soul. Then, terrified of what she had become, her tribe cast her out. Now a young woman, the forsaken Odessa is obsessed with vengeance against the gods who destroyed her family and village. Her mangled arm is burned and streaked with poison, and she hides her deformities with magic and runes. Meanwhile, back in plague-stricken Kalaro, the shaman Kunza-ka throws himself on the mercy of the High Gods. Talara, Goddess of Rot and Ruin, heeds his call, but her price is Odessa's heart. Accompanied by her only friend, the fairy Poko, Odessa continues to search for a cure for her affliction, which ultimately leads her to Asha-Kalir, a city of dark magic built upon the bones of a dead deity. But Talara is hot on her trail. What does she want from her? Odessa knows one thing for sure: she will not become a pawn in the bloodthirsty goddess's game. Instead, with the lives of her family and the fate of her soul on the line, she will battle both shamans and gods in her quest for salvation-and revenge. The second volume of the hit epic-fantasy series-originally released on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!