Captain Ean Tephe is a guy of beliefs, whose allegiance to his lord and to his dispatch is uncontested. The Bishopry Militant does know this – therefore, when it needs a ship and crew to undertake a key, sacred mission to a concealed land, Tephe is the captain to whom the duty is given. Tephe knows from the start that his objective is a test of his skill being a innovator of men so that as a devout follower of his god. It’s what he doesn’t understand that matters: to what ends his beliefs and his ship will ultimately be put – and that the tests he’ll face will come not only from his god and the Bishopry Militant, but from another, more malevolent source completely… Author John Scalzi offers ascended to the very best ranks of contemporary science fiction with the best-selling, Hugo-nominated novels Old Man’s War and Zoe’s Tale. Now he attempts his hand at fantasy, having a dark and different novella that requires your anticipations of what fantasy is and will, and sends them tumbling. Say your prayers… and behold The God Engines.