Gods of the Wyrdwood (The Forsaken Trilogy #1)
Publisher,Orbit
Publication Date,
Format,
Weight,
No. of Pages, 640
Shelf: Fiction / Adult Fiction / Fantasy
Kindly ask our staff if you cannot locate the shelf.
“A splendid fantasy work, full of RJ’s trademark invention." —Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author
Ours lands are wild with gods. Our woods are wild with monsters...
Cahan is known as a Forester—a man capable of navigating the dangerous forests of Crua like no one else. But once he was more. Once he was a warrior.
Udinny serves the goddess of the lost, a keeper of the small and helpless. When Udinny needs to venture into the Wyrdwood to find a missing child, she asks Cahan to be her guide.
But in a land where land is won and lost for uncaring gods, where the forest is full of monsters, Cahan will need to choose between his past life and the one leads now—and his choice will have consequences for his entire world.
Praise for Gods of the Wyrdwood:
"A sweeping story of destiny and redemption. Weighty, deliberate, tender and brutal, this is a big, wonderful book and an utterly involving read." —Daily Mail
"A triple-threat of world-building, character and plot." —SFX Magazine
The Forsaken Trilogy
Gods of the Wyrdwood
For more from RJ Barker, check out:
The Wounded Kingdom
Age of Assassins
Blood of Assassins
King of Assassins
The Tide Child Trilogy
The Bone Ships
Call of the Bone Ships
The Bone Ship's Wake
Review
"At times lyrical and others stark in its depiction of battle, Gods of the Wyrdwood has all the delicious worldbuilding of a 90s fantasy you’d want to cut your teeth on but with characters & situations that resonate with modernity."―Linden A. Lewis, author of The First Sister
"A sweeping story of destiny and redemption. Weighty, deliberate, tender and brutal, this is a big, wonderful book and an utterly involving read." ―Daily Mail
"A triple-threat of world-building, character and plot, Gods of the Wyrdwood represents the work of an experienced novelist at the top of his game. This is Avatar meets Dune — on shrooms." ―SFX Magazine
"A unique spin on the traditional Chosen One trope ... this one doesn’t turn out anything like you expect."―Paste Magazine
"Anchored by a mysterious forest that you cannot help want to explore with the characters, Gods of the Wyrdwood is an exciting start to a brand new trilogy. RJ Barker brings the same level of magnificent worlds, characters, and prose from his Tide Child Trilogy and crafts a unique story."―Fantasy Review
