{"product_id":"godstorm-solitaire-townsend-9781835012598","title":"Godstorm: The Most High Octane and Original Fantasy Debut of 2026 (Godstorm 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003eGODSTORM -- an epic fantasy that is Red Rising meets Circe with a feminist twist. In a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow, a gladiatrix turned governess must rescue the child she has loved as her own, a girl who could tear down the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition to the genre'\u003c\/b\u003e Daily Mail \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure'\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Stanley-Robinson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power'\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Downie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLOVE READING SCIFI\/FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Female Gladiator's Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End Empires\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFacing battle and betrayal Arrow must choose: reclaim her past as a killer--or risk everything for the child who might call her 'mother.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe is the Sword.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Solitaire Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835012590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835012598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bedford Square Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.25w x 1.30d","brand":"Solitaire Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799212568831,"sku":"9781835012598","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/godstorm-solitaire-townsend-9781835012598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}