Blackdog

Gods of Caravan Road, Book 1

By: K.V. Johansen

Narrated by: Heather Costa

Long ago, in the days of the first kings in the north, there were seven devils....

And long ago, in the days of the first kings in the north, the seven devils, who had deceived and possessed seven of the greatest wizards of the world, were defeated and bound with the help of the Old Great Gods....

And perhaps some of the devils are free in the world, and perhaps some are working to free themselves still...

In a land where gods walk on the hills and goddesses rise from river, lake, and spring, the caravan-guard Holla-Sayan, escaping the bloody conquest of a lakeside town, stops to help an abandoned child and a dying dog. The girl, though, is the incarnation of Attalissa, goddess of Lissavakail, and the dog a shape-changing guardian spirit whose origins have been forgotten. Possessed and nearly driven mad by the Blackdog, Holla-Sayan flees to the desert road, taking the powerless avatar with him.

Necromancy, treachery, massacres, rebellions, and gods dead or lost or mad, follow hard on the their heels. But it is Attalissa herself who may be the Blackdog's - and Holla-Sayan's - doom.

Contains mature themes.

©2011 K. V. Johansen (P)2021 Tantor

Good story

Good story line but some times hard to follow. The person reading sounded the same for everyone, made it even harder to figure out what was going on. Definitely to away from being immersed.

Interesting world

What a vibrant and interesting world they have crafted here.
So many facets and places that I want to see more of.
Sometimes very active scenes or dialogues were hard to follow but I don’t know if that was a reader issue or writer.
Will be continuing this series.