The Strong Gods Series By eden Hudson

Three unlikely allies. One corrupt kingdom. No surrender. To defy the crown is a death sentence, but they’re already as good as dead. They’ll sacrifice whatever they have left to take the king down with them. No one escapes the Thorns unscathed.

“For every new loss you suffer, another layer of fear is stripped away, until there is nothing left.” After the disastrous ceremony chaining their souls to the service of their lords, the newly grafted Royal Thorns have nothing left to fear. It’s the king who should fear them. No one escapes the Thorns unscathed.

King Hazerial plucks at the bloody strings of the web he’s woven. Chosen of the Strong Gods, wielder of their Triune Blessing, no mortal can hope to stand against the evil tyrant. Yet a desperate rebellion is brewing in the last place anyone expected. Blood pours and battles rage. No one escapes the Thorns unscathed.

In the brutal Kingdom of Night, Thorns are living weapons of blood magic and blade, elite warriors forged in grueling training and bound by dark ancient rituals.

Some men become Thorns for the glory, others for a steady meal.

And some do it to bury a blood-drenched past.

Facing execution for murder, brothers Saint Daven and Saint Galen enlist in exchange for the Thorns’ blanket pardon. But they soon learn they’ve traded the hangman’s noose for a slower, more certain death.

Deployed to fight for a rebellious lord, the brothers find themselves on the front lines of an uprising.

In a land ruled by an iron-fisted tyrant and blessed by bloodthirsty gods, rebellion is more than treason.

It is a death sentence.
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BROKEN THORNS is a standalone gritty, high-stakes Sword & Sorcery novel set in THE STRONG GODS universe.