Godstorm: The Most High Octane and Original Fantasy Debut of 2026,

'Mothers who have come before. Daughters who have died in blood. Sons lost to the dark. Hear me' 'Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition to the genre' Daily Mail 'This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure' Kim Stanley-Robinson 'A highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power' Ruth Downie LOVE READING SCIFI/FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTH A Female Gladiator's Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End Empires In an oil-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow - a gladiatrix turned governess - must rescue Livy, the child she never meant to love, a girl who could tear down the world. When Livy is abducted during a devastating Godstorm, Arrow must unleash years of the gladiator training she'd sworn to forget in order to save her. Defying her owner, a heartless Consul, Arrow turns to her ex-lover and the illegal druid underworld in a desperate attempt to rescue the girl she has tried not to think of as her own. Her search will take her across Londinium, a city of petrol-powered chariots, to the pagan Old Town, and eventually the edge of the known world: the Amazon, where destiny and destruction intertwine. Facing battle and betrayal Arrow must choose: reclaim her past as a killer-or risk everything for the child who might call her 'mother.' She is the Sword.