They are on the trail of another character who stole their Seior Witch. Varg was a slave he escaped that life and is now traveling with the Bloodsworn. Spending time with Orka and learning of the life she left to raise a family made her all the more special to me. Breca was stolen by the faction that wanted to free Lif-Rifa from her tomb and start a war against the humans so you know that will be a hard battle. She is searching for the people who took her son, Breca, in hopes that she can get him back. Her son was stolen and her husband killed in the first book of the series. Orka Skullsplitter is probably my favorite. Gwynne uses multiple PoVs including some from the ‘bad guys’ to give the reader a fuller understanding of the scope of the story. There are far too many characters to touch on them all here. Lif-Rifa wants to punish all of those who have turned the god’s children into slaves and take her place as ruler of the lands. In Shadow of the Gods, Lif-Rifa (the Dragon God) was released from her prison and the world is about to find out why the gods of the past banded against her to put her in prison for thousands of years. Their children were once the great and powerful of the land, but now if you have god blood in your veins you are considered tainted and made to be a slave. Not Thor or Oden but animal gods that once roamed the world and had human forms. The Bloodsworn Saga is a Norse-like Mythos based fantasy. Gwynne’s for this book was done so well I felt like I’d read his first book a month ago instead of a year. For epic fantasy and long running series, I really appreciate it when there is both a character list and a recap of what happened in the first book for the readers to have their memory jogged without putting reminders into the flow of the story. The Hunger of the Gods is the second book in the new Bloodsworn Saga trilogy by John Gwynne. and bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth. A book of forbidden magic with the power to raise the wolf god Ulfrir from the dead. Their hope lies within the mad writings of a chained god. Yet even the might of the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim cannot stand alone against a dragon god.

Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest.Īs Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own – and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance.Įlvar has sworn to fulfil her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade the Battle-Grim to follow her. Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, Apple

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