Hammer of God
core novel 2008 Godspeaker
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (3,209 ratings, collected 2026-10-09) |
| Page count | 816 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732284534 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Rhian has won her throne, but Ethrea is still divided, her marriage is strained and her alliances are fragile, and across the sea the empire of Mijak, led by the Empress Hekat, who hears the voice of the god and believes she is commanded to conquer the known world, is coming. Estranged from her allies, Rhian must convince the rulers of the surrounding nations that Mijak is a real threat, while Zandakar, Hekat's own son, exiled and turned against the god he was raised to serve, trains Ethrea's defenders in Mijak's way of fighting and faces the family he fled. Prophecy, faith and blood ties shape the final confrontation, and the trilogy concludes with the battle between Mijak and Ethrea, on which the fate of every land the empress has not yet reached depends.
Where it sits
- Universe: Godspeaker
- Series: Godspeaker Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Karen Miller
Notes
- From the series record (Godspeaker Trilogy): Karen Miller's dark theocratic epic of two lands, the blood-soaked desert empire of Mijak and the island kingdom of Ethrea: Hekat, a slave girl who hears the god and rises to be Mijak's empress, and Rhian, the princess who must hold Ethrea's throne against its own lords and then against Mijak.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Godspeaker Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Riven Kingdom (2007)
Sources
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