"Expect clean, precise language, lashings of death and gore, and a keen eye for the dynamics of relationships, both healthy and not so. Well recommended." – Jan Miklaszewicz , author of the Hartmouth Horrors series "Dark fantasy at its finest. Tim McKay builds a world thick with dread, mystery, and myth, and the tension never lets up. This is a book that knows exactly what it wants to be — brutal, atmospheric, and unforgettable." – Jasper Renwick , fantasy author "This is the book that has finally brought back my pleasure of reading. The prose is as strong as that of any book I can remember, and the characters are well-rounded and amazingly annoying at times, as they should be." – Matt Falcon , author of Tethered to Darkness Beneath the splendor of empires, there ever beats a poisoned heart. In the city of Naemralda, a glorious capital of untold wealth and glamor, the people of Ceremai live in exile — content but loathed, and ever dreaming of the homeland they left behind. Only a scorned arbiter and failed priest, Braddock Tuzzein, knows the truth. That the lands they seek, the lands their ancestors escaped at great cost, are home to a fallen god. Hakaz, the Dark One, whose waking spirits nearly shattered Braddock’s mind with a single touch. And now, the wolves of the fallen god are coming for them all. A tale of grisly murders, monsters, and madness, The Father of Shadow and Death follows one man’s doomed quest to save his people — from the wrath of a vengeful god, and the traitors who hound his every step. But woe to those who would break a man’s soul. For the shame of the father begets wrath of the son. Dar’shenna Cere Ma’z. “Glory to the children of wrath.”