Blood for the Spilling
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- 5,99 €
Publisher Description
Sheets of ice are spreading across the human world, ushering in an ice age as the magic drained from Demonside turns that world into a desert. Angus and reluctant warlock Terrance have defected from Vinland to the Mayan Empire—a land of dark and potent magic. But the Mayans aren't offering sanctuary for free.
Nor is the world willing to stand back as Vinland attacks, and the backlash will affect all magic users.
Mage Saka has no tribe. He is now just another refugee fleeing the dying Demonside. He knows the conflict brewing now will be worse than the first demon war. Countries are banding together—not just against Vinland, but against all magic. Where will the powerful Mayan Empire stand?
Angus might have the power to fight Vinland and the Warlock College, but the cost will be terrible. Saka is torn between helping Angus and stopping him. And Terrance would do anything for Angus, but he's terrified of the man Angus is becoming, even as Saka is warming to the idea of a relationship between the three of them.
No matter what choice they make, victory will be bittersweet, and when the ash settles and the snow melts, nothing will be the same.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The final installment of Nichols's Studies in Demonology series brings matters to a bloody crescendo. Angus is a warlock, a defector from Vinland's Warlock College, and a demon-lover taboo in Vinland, where demons are a lesser race. Angus's partner, Saka, betrayed his demon tribe to save Angus and Terrance, a former spy for Vinland. Together they have defected to the Mayan Empire. Vinland has been overusing magic, wreaking ecological havoc on both the human and the demon realm. Angus and Saka want to stop this with the Mayans' help, but the Mayans do not trust them, though many have died in wars against Vinland. While Angus finds a way to defeat Vinland, Terrance is chosen to prove his commitment via a bloody game in which losers are sacrificed to restore magic to the demon realm. A complex plot and empathetic queer characters are marred by elements of exoticism, but this is still a fun, exciting finish to Nichols's trilogy.
