The Shadows of Temple: Book One Manuscript Arret

The gods went home to the stars. One of them never stopped watching.When the dark dragon-god Toniy brands the priest Ephial with his mark, the scar is real. So is the vision: a crimson crystal falling on the Temple square, exactly as promised. With the Conclave about to elect a new Pontiff, Ephial doesn't need to campaign. He only needs everyone to watch the sky.His rival, Hierarch Ernest, wants the truth when an elven Hierarch is shot down in the street by a hooded assassin. He has a devoted young deacon he trusts like a son. Ernest has no doubts about Ethan. He should.Enforcing the new order is Lord Commander Belian, a soldier who has never questioned an order, and who makes evidence disappear into the river. When a plague breaks out in the provinces, a brotherhood of healers rides out in plague-doctor masks, with the Pontiff's blessing and secrets of their own.In a city where faith is a weapon and every miracle has a price, everyone is playing the same game. Only one god is still setting the board.Dark fantasy of religious intrigue, political betrayal and morally gray characters. Book One of The Manuscript of Arret.For readers of Joe Abercrombie and George R.R. Martin