The Tethered God

The gods of Ashkareth built their world on blood and silence.

Someone else's blood. Someone else's silence.

Brann spent fourteen years drowning the man he used to be — what the gods demanded of him, what the temple required, what his bond was built on. He was done with all of it.

Then a name he buried came back to find him.

And something older than the gods began to speak.

Now a washed-up former Warden must decide what he owes a world he walked away from — before the thing the gods fear most learns to say his name.

A grimdark fantasy debut for readers who want their epic fantasy fast, brutal, and unflinching.

If you loved the scope of The Wheel of Time, the moral weight of Richard Swan, or the visceral horror of Berserk, Brann and Seren's story is built for you. Expect a hard-edged magic system with real rules and real costs, a single-POV narrative that never lets you out of Brann's head, and a pace that reviewers have called relentless from page one.

• A flawed, reluctant hero pulled out of retirement
• A blood-and-shadow magic system with teeth
• Gods, temples, and a religion built on secrets
• Grimdark violence with real emotional stakes

The Tethered God is Book One in The Shattered Song, a new dark fantasy series from debut author Noah Brisk.