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Fantasy

When Gods Wake

Name: When Gods Wake
Author: Kendall Kirkbride

by Kendall Kirkbride

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Available as an ebook and in paperback. Paperback ISBN 9798173437037.

About the book

The gods have been dead for centuries, and Caldris built an empire from their remains. Dr. Sera Voss has spent eleven years studying Aestra, the dead god beneath the city. Then a cutter dies inside a chamber that should have been harmless, and something shifts beneath Sera’s hand. As she searches for an explanation, she finds signs that someone has concealed the truth about the gods—and that Aestra may not be the only one stirring.

What to expect

Mood: Dark and gritty Creepy and unsettling Suspenseful Thought-provoking
Tropes: Slow burn Second chances Chosen one Redemption arc Romantasy Morally grey
Setting and world: Magic and myth
Pace and shape: Fast-paced Full of plot twists First in a series
Themes: Secrets and lies

Book details

Author: Kendall Kirkbride
Genre: Fantasy
Formats: Ebook and paperback
Paperback ISBN: 9798173437037

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About the author

Kendall Kirkbride

Kendall Kirkbride is an Ohio-based author whose work moves through psychological suspense, crime thriller, gothic mystery, horror, and dark romantasy. Her stories are shaped by secrets, obsession, complicated people, and the dangerous space between what we know and what we fear. Her debut novel, The Quiet Between Us, opens the Elliott Mercer series, followed by Where the Missing Go and What the Dead Remember. Her dark romantasy novel, When Gods Wake, is the first book in the planned five-book series The Dead Gods. Outside of writing, Kendall is a licensed chemical dependency counselor working as a primary therapist in substance-use treatment. She earned her undergraduate degree in criminal justice and is pursuing a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, with concentrations in addiction counseling and forensic counseling, as she prepares for doctoral study in forensic psychology. Kendall lives on a small Ohio homestead with her wife, Missy, their teenage daughter, a houseful of deeply loved—and thoroughly spoiled—dogs and cats, and an ever-growing collection of books and houseplants.

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