“Blood of the Four” by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon – An Odyssey of Gods and Slaves

Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, two highly reputed authors in their own rights, have joined forces together for Blood of the Four and managed to come up with an original novel drawing on the best of what the two men have to offer. In this tour-de-force we are introduced to a kingdom where virtually every person is a slave, where the divide between the royals and the poor is as wide as it has ever been, and magic has been trampled into dust. We follow a young Princess Phela whose ambition for power leads her to shatter the careful balance established over innumerable years, leading to either her dominion or everyone's death.