Set in the same world as the Faithful & the Fallen quartet the first novel in John Gwynne&s Of Blood & Bone series A Time of Dread takes place one hundred years after the end of Wrath The Ben-Elim a race of warrior angels once vanquished a mighty demon horde Now they rule the Banished lands But their dominion is brutally enforced & their ancient enemy may not be as crushed as they thought In the snowbound north Drem a trapper finds mutilated corpses in the forests
- a sign of demonic black magic In the south Riv a young tempestuous soldier discovers a deadly rift within the Ben-Elim themselves Two individuals with two world-changing secrets But where will they lead? & what role will Drem & Riv play in the Banished Land&s fate? Difficult choices need to be made Because in the shadows demons are gathering waiting for their time to rise