A Song of Legends Lost - M. H. Ayinde

“The exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of the year.” —Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award–winning author An unforgettable tale of revenge and rebellion unfolds when an inexperienced king implements a doomed plan to end a thousand-year war in this relentlessly gripping epic fantasy debut.A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST. The people of Nine Lands know their history. The kingdom once belonged to the Scathed people, until their greyblood servants rose up and slaughtered them. King Ahiki and his warlords laid claim to the realm by defeating the rebels and driving them out to the Feverlands. Now, thousands of years later, attacks by the greybloods are rebuffed by the invoker clans, warriors of noble blood who summon their ancestors to fight with them in battle. But the war has gone on too long. A general draft is called to take the battle to the Feverlands and defeat the greybloods once and for all. A plan that seems doomed to fail. When Temi, a commoner, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she believes it could be the key to ending the centuries-long war. But not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor, and some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine. Praise for A Song of Legends Lost: “A whirlwind debut of ferocious talent and compulsive storytelling that lifts you up from the first page and never lets go.” —Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award–winning author “A truly excellent debut.” —James Islington, author of The Will of the Many “This debut offers you everything you could possibly wish for. You will gasp, you will cry, and most of all, you will not stop turning the pages.” —Annabel Campbell, author of The Outcast Mage “Ayinde is a master storyteller.” —Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter