A brotherhood unraveling. A city in peril. A truth buried in fire.
Out now, Fires of Atonement by Cameron Scott Kirk is a gritty dark fantasy set in the city of Re’shan. Julian of Dysael arrives seeking a new life among the Brotherhood, a monastic order shrouded in legend and perched high above the city. But when a meteor crashes into the mountain, destroying the Grand Chapel and killing many of the monks, something far darker awakens in the fire’s remains.
The survivors find a strange metal unlike anything they’ve seen before. As the monks craft it into sacred relics, they begin to change. Whispers echo through the stone halls. Madness takes root.
The woman’s voice became a whisper. “There’s treasure up there, or so it is rumoured.”
Julian said nothing for a moment. Then, he spoke quietly. “I have heard no rumours of … treasure. Can I put my hands down?”
“No. Take it from me, the rumours are persistent. It’s quite some situation, isn’t it? The monks accrue wealth on high, while down here the children are forced to collect shit from the gutters to sell to the tanners just to survive. No one cares. The Senate doesn’t care and the Brotherhood of Ulfur doesn’t care. Archbishop Courtenay is coming to save souls, but it’s a pretence because the church is so wrapped up in its own politics that nothing ever changes. No one can save the children from their despair, no one.”
Julian smirked. “Except you?”
Below, in the sunbaked alleys of Re’shan, a gang of street children led by sharp-eyed Cassie suspects the horror spreading through their city is tied to the mountain above. Julian, untouched by the metal’s curse, begins to question the Brotherhood’s path.
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