War still rages across Kalayzin and Tranavia, but the greater concern is whatever the gods are planning. He’s recently begun hearing voices in his head, which he tries desperately to ignore, and every night he drinks himself into oblivion to chase the nightmares away. His entire court has turned against him, due to the fact that he can’t explain his father’s death, and the only possible way to appease them is rescue one noble’s daughter from the lair of his greatest foe-the Black Vulture. The prince is now the king of Tranavia, following the untimely death of his father. Part of her even hopes that she can still save him. Although she knows he doesn’t deserve it, she misses him. She desperately devours religious texts, trying to understand why Malchiasz chose the path that he did. Left with nothing, she wanders around the Tranavian castle, lost and drifting. The girl is lost without her magic, without the gods’ guidance, shattered by the betrayal of the boy she loved. He continues to reach, becoming less and less human and more and more of a monster. The monster soared so close to divinity, but in the end, he still fell short. This book plumbs the depths of the human soul, and when you resurface, you will not be the same. Duncan is just as heartbreaking as its predecessor. Utterly wretched, brutal, and entirely unholy, Ruthless Gods by Emily A.
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