A. J. Dalton Livres

"Contains conjurations, arcane rituals and gallows humour. It might just save you!" - Kate SultrowWhere should we look for answers if we wish to better understand death? Scientists still haven'tcome up with all the answers, so maybe we shouldn't just sit waiting for the future to tell us.Perhaps we should look elsewhere, possibly back in time, closer to when it all began. We could doworse than start with the Book of the Dead (1550BC), which pre-dates the Bible, after all.This new collection brings together the writing talents of prize-winning fantasy author A J Dalton, JFMulvey (friend to gods, demons and cats), Isabella Hunter (Guardian of Altergarten), Michael Conroy(scion of the Ninth House), Steven Poore (Left Hand of Druthos the Great Drooler), Nozomi Okumura(disembodied dramaturge), Laura Jane Keating (Astral Handmaiden of First Elevation), JodieHammond (Chelsea fan), Marisa Mustafa (Seeker of the Lost Signpost) and J.McDonald (Canadian)."Darkly delicious, absurdly amusing and soberly sombre!" - Carl Rhinebeck

In the Empire of the Saviours, the People are forced to live in fortified towns. Their walls are guarded by an army of Heroes, whose task is to keep marauding pagans out as much as it is to keep the People inside. Several times a year, living Saints visit the towns to exact the Saviours' tithe from all those coming of age - a tithe often paid in blood. When a young boy, Jillan, unleashes pagan magicks in an accident, his whole town turns against him. He goes on the run, but what hope can there be when the Saviours and the entire Empire decide he must be caught? Jillan is initially hunted by just the soldiers of the Saint of his region, but others soon begin to hear of his increasing power and seek to use him for their own ends. Some want Jillan to join the fight against the Empire, others wish to steal his power for themselves and others still want Jillan to lead them to the Geas, the source of all life and power in the world. There are very few Jillan can trust, except for a ragtag group of outcasts. His parents threatened, his life in tatters, his beliefs shaken to the core, Jillan must decide which side he is on, and whether to fight or run ...