The Hyena and the Hawk

From the depths of the darkest myths, the soulless Plague People have returned. Their pale-walled camps obliterate villages, just as the terror they bring with them destroys minds. In their wake, nothing is left of the true people: not their places, not their ways. The Plague People will remake the world as though they had never been. The heroes and leaders of the true people—Maniye, Loud Thunder, Hesprec and Asman—will each fight the Plague People in their own ways. They will seek allies, gather armies and lead the charge. But a thousand swords or 10,000 spears will not suffice to turn back this enemy. The end is at hand for everything the true people know.

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of the Shadows of the Apt series, which includes Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, and Blood of the Mantis, and of Children of Time, the winner of the 30th Anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.