We Gather

Civilization may go up in flames if a group of people who hate each other can't learn to be friends.

The 3,000-year-old Barrachite Empire is in decline. A vestigial aristocracy worries about debt while the emperor bends the knee to trade cartels. Modern Barracheh is still the mightiest civilization in the area, but they no longer birth conquerors or visionaries. No one is building monuments anymore like the massive pyramids near every older city.

Sathriel has traveled Barracheh from the jungle that birthed his people to the snowy north; he's walked the plains and coast and desert in his mission to bring back the sorcery that forged the empire. It's a tricky task since its disappearance is a mystery. It doesn't help that assassins and spies belonging to the emperor have dogged his steps since he ran away from home 9 years ago. They're twins, and no one knows the truth about what spawned their feud.

No sooner does he find a sorcerer than the witch Ha'ere finds him. Bringing back the sorcery will have consequences, positive but also negative. She wants to introduce him to the band of allies handpicked by her gods to help him. The catch? They're either foreigners from countries he's never even heard of or his enemies.

We Gather is an Achillean epic by every measurement, from pathos to scale. Get in on all the colossal battles, thrilling swordfights, and staggering magic with the first book in the series.