The Shadow of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

by John Gwynne

They sat on a boulder for a few moments, looking out over the land of green and blue, like gods upon the crest of the world.

This is a world of blood. Of tooth and claw and sharp iron. Of short lives and painful deaths.

but if this is peace…” She looked to the skies, clouds low and heavy, snow falling in sheets now, and back at the blood-soaked corpses. “This is the age of storm and murder…”