Sister Wake
perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Robert Jackson Bennett
'A gorgeous work of power and magic, saints and monsters and gods. Don't wait another second: Sister Wake is like nothing you've ever read.'
Lev Grossman - author of The Bright Sword
'Sister Wake is the rare epic fantasy that hits on all levels - lushly descriptive, meticulously plotted, dizzyingly vast, and with characters that breathe and bleed with the sort of vigour that makes you look up from the page and wonder that they're not sitting right next to you.'
Andrea stewart, author of The Bone Shard Collector
An epic fantasy for adult readers
For three hundred years the wild island of Croí has been subject to the Empire of the Answering. Clans have been subjugated, their language outlawed, their religion reduced to the whisper of fugitive priests.
Until Croí's prayers are answered. The Gods return. Feral and majestic, they stride the land as colossi, throwing the Empire into chaos.
The dispossessed and the vengeful struggle for power. A ruthless priestess rallies the faithful, offering a simple choice - believe, or die - even as the empire's Queen makes the first moves in a long and dangerous game.
But for all their machinations, one woman will decide the fate of them all... Sister Wake, unwilling saint of the Goddess of Death.
You can purchase SISTER WAKE at major bookstores, or here at Kennys Books
'SISTER WAKE is the kind of adult fantasy debut that comes along once in a decade. In this extraordinary feat of imagination, Rudden combines a cast of complex, unforgettable characters, a vividly realised setting and stellar prose into an epic tapestry of old gods, falling empires and new monsters. I'd follow Sister Wake into war in a heartbeat.'
'A book alive with fierce empathy, with big ideas, with wit, with love. Rudden's exactly the kind of writer you want leading you into adventure; Sister Wake is rich in twists, tears and thrills.'
'I absolutely loved its epic mix of weird horror and revolutionary intrigue. Heartily recommended'