#godkiller

[inkeyjay]

Godkiller [Tarot card Commission ✨🌱]

[kitausu]

Okay everyone PLEASE go read Godkiller by Hannah Kaner because I need someone to scream with.

Things I loved:

A fantasy novel UNDER 300 pages that's well developed

A God of white lies who feels real and not a caricature

Human/God bonds that feel So personal

Bisexual revenge queen

Complex world building

Hand wave magic system but in the BEST way

A quest! An adventure!

Disability rep

The stakes are SO high and yet everything feels so intimate I can't

[namarikonda]

That bloodstained son of Tuoni / struck the man with his sword, struck fear with his hunger. / Threw him to the stream of Tuonela / to the Underworld's underlake. — Kalevala, rune 14, lines 445–8; 451-2.

My rendition of Tuonenpoika, the guardian of the Finnish underworld, Tuonela; This gore-covered son of Tuoni fishes for unwanted visitors downstream, slaying them. He is said to collect the belongings of all the dead flowing down river Tuoni.

[bismutharts]

a poem, i do not feel what the person answering is feeling but i found it interesting to explore.

the title of the document was godkiller

image description (also in alt text)

the poem is made out of questions and answers. the questions are written in white, in an elegant, italicized font. the white text is all equally far from the left of the image.

the answers are written in bright red. the text is jagged and irregular and written by hand. it is also larger than the white text.

text of the poem:

do gods exist?

not for long.

are you sure?

test me.

do gods bleed?

everything bleeds. bleeding is not so much about the blood. it is about being ripped open and being shown what you're made of.

what are gods made of?

hunger.

what do they feed on?

you.

this poem was inspired by this poem by Malak Nicholas, @harq

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

My first essay of the year is on Connie Chang's "Godkiller!" It's an intimate duet game in a long line of media about putting Gods to the sword. I took a brief look at the history of deicide, and how Chang worked those ideas into the text!

Transcript here.

[alberta-sunrise]

Gotta love unexpected book mail ♥️

[bridgetserdocksketches]

i suppose i should've known a bombyx mori origin story was going to destroy me, but i still wasn't ready for how much it would

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[bibliophilicwitch]

by Wolpertinger

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || March 13 || Debut Author:  Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

[undervmountain]

[bibliophilecats]

New book 💜

[archi-pelago]

little bit of concept art for my favorite girl

[chironshorseass]

“You heard me,” Perseus said. He stood his ground. If anyone asks, he did, because dammit he’d stand his ground, always. “C’mon, if you claim I wouldn't survive in a fight with you, prove it. Prove to me that you can kill me; make me an example”—Perseus sweeped an arm around the field of scattered Romans, all on wobbly knees—”to everyone who’s watching.”

Nico was shaking his head again like a broken robot, eyes wide. So were Hazel and Frank. Reyna looked like she wanted to intervene as leader but didn’t know how. Even Octavian had his eyebrows pulled together, uncertain.

“A duel, you say?” Mars said, after seconds of quiet contemplation.

“To the death.”

Silence. Full, utter silence. Not one word ran loose. Not one breath spilled. Until Mars laughed; head back, deep-bellied, emptying laughter. When he was done, Perseus waited patiently, his heart in his throat. It was too late to back out, now. Too late to do anything but stand his goddamn ground.

If I die Annabeth is going to kill me for this.

“To the death, you mean?” Mars mocked, as if it was all a joke, as if Perseus was nothing more than a little pest. “Do you even know how to kill a god, mortal?”

Riptide glowed in his hand. He clenched his jaw so hard that he might’ve broken it. “I'm gonna find out.”

[mercerislandbooks]

Book Notes: Fantasy Roundup

Or, some ideas for what to read when you have a book hangover from Iron Flame:

Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle

When Emory is the sole survivor of a secret ritual in the caves below Aldryn College, her healer powers, given to those born during the new moon on a rising tide, begin to shift into something strange and uncontrollable. Will her estranged friend Baz, brother to one of the students who died, help Emory figure out her new powers and what really happened that night? This debut fantasy has it all — dark academia, an upper YA that crosses over beautifully into adult, a murder mystery, secret societies, forbidden magic, a pining romance and the most gorgeous book design I’ve seen in a while. The magic system is built around the moon phases and the tides. Curious Tides is book one of a planned duology.

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

What happens when Talasyn and Alaric, two soldiers from opposite sides of an entrenched war meet on the battlefield and discover their opposing powers combine to create something entirely new and unexpected? They continue to absolutely hate each other while having to work together to save their people from an even worse fate. Of course. And we all know what happens when two attractive people hate each other. Drawing inspiration from Southeast Asia, debut Filipino author Thea Guanzon has penned a fun, fresh fantasy that balances an authentic depiction of the toll of conflict on a population with a strong cast of characters and all the political machinations of Machiavelli. The Hurricane Wars is book one of a planned trilogy.

Godkiller by Hannah Kane

In a world where gods, fed by the attention, prayers, and offerings of humans, can also be destroyed by them, three disparate people come together to travel to the ruined city that was the last stand in the wars between gods and people. Kissen, a godkiller for hire. Elo, a former knight turned baker. And Inara, a young girl whose life has become intertwined with a god of white lies, Skedi. The four travel together to Blenraden, hopeful that they will find a way to untangle Skedi from Inara. All the feels of quest fantasy with characters that are delightfully flawed and human. The world building was immersive and queer normative with a host of diverse characters. The religious and magic system was at once familiar but with enough twists to make it unexpected. Godkiller is book one of a planned trilogy.

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

From page one of The Fragile Threads of Power, I was invested all over again in the world of the four Londons, seven years after the events from The Shades of Magic trilogy (also excellent, if you want to start there). The plot works together like interchanging gears, or a chess game, the movement of each character affecting the others, often unknowingly. There are characters from the original trilogy, new additions, and Tes, the one who, unconsciously, holds the key to everything. Schwab investigates power in this novel -- who has it and who controls it, and by whose standards its morality is judged. Schwab puts a lot of things in motion in this book, and only a few are resolved by the end. The Fragile Threads of Power is book one of planned trilogy. You can always go back and read The Shades of Magic series in the meantime!

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

I can’t think of a more fun combination than 1880’s Egyptian archeological digs, a feisty heroine determined to find out what happened to her explorer parents, and a current of magic running through it all. When Inez Olivera hears that her parents, on a dig in Egypt, are presumed dead, she takes matters into her own hands. Inez books passage from Bolivia to Egypt, intent on discovering the truth. What she finds in Egypt is an infuriatingly handsome young man, assisting her guardian in carrying on her parents discoveries, and men thwarting her inquiries at every turn. Add to this a mysterious ring that connects Inez to the magic of the past and the questions continue to pile up. It will take a trip up the Nile and many near escapes just to get Inez closer to any answers. Packed with action, a slow burn romance, and a huge twist kept me enthralled to the very last page. What the River Knows is book one of a planned YA duology.

Hopefully you find one, or many, of these titles to be a satisfying read!

— Lori

[epireancrusade]

Once again a short step away from 40K, to another kind of grimdark setting.

I finally had the last album of God-killer done. Three books, 284 pages of barbaric action, evil gods, trolls and talking swords. Phew.

Now I just have to translate the last 50 pages or so and update the web comic.

[bridgetserdocksketches]

working on yet another sad unprepared casters thing