Nethergeist

Nick Stevenson

• Publisher: Rising Action
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781990253980
• Edition: 0

For thousands of years, the Emperor Goat, a necromancer so powerful he has declared himself God, has had an iron grip on the universe, causing most worlds to fall into disrepair. In a paranoid city of renegades, the last bastion of humanity holds out against his might. Ayilia, its Regent-Elect, is friendless, single, the 'wrong' sex, the 'wrong' heritage, and apparently cursed. While attempting to rout a coup, she is selected by outside forces to search for the impending birth site of Al Kimiya, a mage who is said to be the only match for the Emperor. To save herself and her people, she must ally with heretic magi, necromantic freedom fighters, the human-hating, reptilian Krayal, and her sworn foe, the cowardly, lifeless warlord Vespasian. A complex literary fantasy, Nethergeist is a story where the conflict is as much about the characters' inner turmoil as the outward struggle against the maniacal emperor. Featuring intense battles, snappy dialogue, and a world on the edge of ruin, Nethergeist is a fantasy in the vein of Malazan Book of the Fallen and The First Law.

Table of contents

• 1. Descent!
• 2. Hell and Earth
• 3. Fall From Grace
• 4. Animus
• 5. The Ascendancy Fights Back
• 6. Imperial Artifice
• 7. Breakout!
• 8. Asthen Yesteryears; Undead Todays
• 9. Why Does it Feel so Bad?
• 10. Kill Joy
• 11. Hate and Perdition
• 12. Return to the Past
• 13. Prisoner of the Pit
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author