Steel Gods

About this book

Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy, which began with Grave Empire, from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan—a dark flintlock fantasy filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and creeping dread. "This is one wild, intricate ride: Grim, grotesque, vivid, thrilling​." — Kirkus (starred review) Industrial revolution beckons. Spiritual catastrophe looms. And the Empire of the Wolf teeters on the brink... The true horror of the Great Silence has been revealed. As nation after nation succumbs to the mind-plague and Sova scrambles to enlist help from across the globe, Ambassador Renata Rainer has been given a simple task: save the world. While she travels to the Principality of Casimir to enlist the help of the Empire’s oldest enemy, Lieutenant Peter Kleist returns to the haunted forests of the New East to search for ancient answers—and finally confront the terrible fate that awaits him. In their wake, a task force of engineers, soldiers, and arcane expert