Stephen Deas, The Silver Kings
Memory of Flames, Book 7 (Gollancz)
The Silver King, half-god, legend and myth, is returning. Once he fought his brother, the Black Moon, and his dragons, and was defeated. But the Black Moon was also weakened, and a millennia has passed. Humanity has grown used to a world without gods, a world where they were masters of all – including the terrifying dragons.
But the dragons have awakened, the hole in reality is expanding, and the shackles that kept the half-gods controlled have been broken. The Black Moon lives on in the body of Berren Crowntaker, and has taken control. With an army behind him, the dragons above and the Dragon Queen at his side, he goes to war with his brother.
The worlds are turning, and only one thing is sure – there will be an ending.
Stephen Deas was born in 1968 and lives in south-east England with his wife and two small children. His first novel, The Adamantine Palace was published in the UK and the US in 2009. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Stephen has, at various times, been obsessed with mathematics, classical piano music, kung-fu, particle physics and Sid Meier’s Civilization (the original). While not thinking about dragons, warlocks and assassins, Stephen also works collaboratively as a ghostwriter on various other projects.
Stephen was shortlisted for the Morningstar Award in 2010.