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Godkiller

core novel 2023 Godkiller (The Fallen Gods Trilogy)

Record

First published2023
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.86 (61,693 ratings, collected 2026-08-24)
Page count304
First-edition ISBN9780008521462

Synopsis

Kissen is the sole survivor of her village's massacre, carried out after her family offered a fire god their allegiance and were burned alive when the arrangement turned on them. Years later, hardened by grief into a professional godkiller who hunts down small, dangerous gods for coin, she is drawn against her instincts into an uneasy alliance with Inara, a young noblewoman cursed by a minor god of lies that has attached itself to her and cannot be removed by ordinary means. Their search for a way to break the curse leads them toward the ruined, god-haunted city of Blenraden, accompanied by a disgraced former knight with his own reasons for the journey, as old wounds from Kissen's past and the volatile politics of gods and mortals both threaten to catch up with them.

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Locus Award (Best First Novel), 2024: nominated
  • British Fantasy Award (Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award)), 2024: nominated
  • Astounding Award for Best New Writer (Best New Writer), 2024: nominated

Notes

  • From the series record (The Fallen Gods Trilogy): The complete, finished trilogy.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

  • Publication order, within the series The Fallen Gods Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Sunbringer (2024)

Sources

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