Kandri Hinjuman was never meant to be a soldier. His sibling Mektu was by no means meant for this world. Rivals since childhood, they may be drafted right into a horrific war led by a madwoman-Prophet, and survive every day just by concealing their disbelief. Kandri is usually good at blending in, but Mektu is usually hopeless: impulsive, erratic-and certain that a demon is normally stalking him. Is normally this madness or a second sense? Either way, Kandri understands that Mektu’s antics will land them both in early graves.

But all bets are off when about Master Assassins the brothers’ simmering feud explodes into violence, and holy bloodstream is spilled. Kandri and Mektu are taken for contract killers and must flee because of their lives-to the main one place where they are able to hope to vanish: the sprawling desert referred to as the Land that Eats Men. Within this eerie wilderness, the ground is as lethal as the monsters, ghouls, and traffickers in human flesh. Right here the brothers discover unusual allies: an ageing warlord, a desert nomad searching for her family members, a lethal child-soldier still in her teenagers. They also end up in possession of the top secret that could provide peace to the continent of Urrath. Or unthinkable carnage.

Contains mature themes.