God's War: Bel Dame Apocrypha Volume 1 [Paperback]

Hugo Award-winning author Kameron Hurley’s blood-soaked, inventive sci-fi/fantasy mash-up debut is reissued in mass market.

Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or less wouldn't make any difference...

On a ravaged, contaminated world, a centuries-old holy war rages, fought by a bloody mix of mercenaries, magicians, and conscripted soldiers. Though the origins of the war are shady and complex, there's one thing everybody agrees on:

There's not a chance in hell of ending it.

Nyx is a former government assassin who makes a living cutting off heads for cash. But when a dubious deal between her government and an alien gene pirate goes bad, Nyx's ugly past makes her the top pick for a covert recovery. The head they want her to bring home could end the war—but at what price?

The world is about to find out.Kameron Hurleyis the acclaimed author of the novelsGod’s WarandThe Mirror Empire. She has been awarded two Hugo Awards, the Kitschky Award for Best Debut Novel, and has also been a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, and the Locus Award. Visit her online at KameronHurley.Blogspot.com or on Twitter at @KameronHurley.Praise for Kameron Hurley:

God’s War
“Inventive, challenging, tough as nails—just like its hard-hitting heroine.Recommended.”—Joe Abercrombie

“Kameron Hurley’s a brave, unflinching, truly original writer witha unique vision . . . burns right through your brain and your heart.”—Jeff VanderMeer, author ofFinch

“Hurley’s world-building is phenomenal. . .(she) smoothly handles tricky themes such as race, class, religion, and genderwithout sacrificing action.”—Publishers Weekly

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