{"product_id":"hall-of-smoke-9781789094985","title":"Hall of Smoke","description":"\u003cb\u003eEpic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses, and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's\u003ci\u003e Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war, for readers of Brian Staveley's Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne. Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy's bones to dust with a scream. Banished for disobeying her goddess's command to murder a traveller, she prays for forgiveness alone on a mountainside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile she is gone, raiders raze her village and obliterate the Eangi priesthood. Grieving and alone, Hessa - the last Eangi - must find the traveller and atone for her weakness and secure her place with her loved ones in the High Halls. As clans from the north and legionaries from the south tear through her homeland, slaughtering everyone in their path Hessa strives to win back her goddess' favour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeset by zealot soldiers, deceitful gods, and newly-awakened demons at every turn, Hessa burns her path towards redemption and revenge. But her journey reveals a harrowing truth: the gods are dying and the High Halls of the afterlife are fading. Soon Hessa's trust in her goddess weakens with every unheeded prayer.\u003cbr\u003e Thrust into a battle between the gods of the Old World and the New, Hessa realizes there is far more on the line than securing a life beyond her own death. Bigger, older powers slumber beneath the surface of her world. And they're about to wake up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. M. Long\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian author who inhabits a ramshackle cabin in Ontario, Canada, with her husband and dog. However, she can often be spotted snooping about museums or wandering the Alps. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHALL OF SMOKE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTEMPLE OF NO GOD\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBARROW OF WINTER\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePILLAR OF ASH\u003c\/i\u003e, along with \u003ci\u003eDARK WATER DAUGHTER\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBLACK TIDE SON\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682005094674,"sku":"9781789094985","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bd7c2fc-640b-4d5e-92a6-fade7f256907.jpg?v=1733961940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hall-of-smoke-9781789094985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}