“I don’t know exactly how the joined era collapsed—Oli says the motivation is a mystery—but a handful of human spirits, claiming to be royalty and gods, declared war on each other. Their peaceful fellows were killed or chased into hiding. That includes animal people, who don’t war. Ultimately, all the pain and bloodshed culminated in this: one originator human emerging victorious. “The King. “The most skilled killer in existence, or so he bragged. And the spoils of his war were simple. He wanted to be the only immortal on Earth. It was the only way to prevent another war. The two worlds should
...more
