The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm--that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has become their battleground. Is it delirium or is it faith? Now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and give him--blood-stained and wretched as he is--a chance at redemption he long thought lost. As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.
Christopher Buehlman
Christopher Buehlman is an American author known for dark fantasy and horror that combines frightening supernatural worlds with sharp humor, vivid characters, and immersive storytelling. His work ranges from vampires and medieval horror to sprawling fantasy adventures, often exploring survival, violence, faith, loyalty, and the complicated morality of people living in dangerous worlds.
His novels include *Between Two Fires*, *Those Across the River*, *The Lesser Dead*, *The Necromancer’s House*, and *The Suicide Motor Club*. He is also the author of *The Blacktongue Thief* and *The Daughters’ War*, set in a dark fantasy world shaped by goblin wars, dangerous magic, assassins, thieves, and the lasting consequences of conflict.
For readers who like their fantasy darker and their horror with a strong story behind the scares, Buehlman offers worlds that can be brutal, strange, funny, and unexpectedly moving. His books are especially suited to readers who enjoy monsters, morally complicated characters, medieval settings, grim adventures, dark humor, and stories where surviving the journey may require becoming almost as dangerous as whatever is waiting in the dark.
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