A vividly imagined fantasy murder mystery from the acclaimed author of The Bone Ships and Age of Assassins: in a city of ancient automata, strange spirits, and sleeping gods, a cleric of death finds his own life on the line.
An International Bestseller
Irody Hasp is a Mortedant, a cleric tasked with reading the last thoughts of the dead―though no one thanks him for it. No Mortedant is popular, but Irody is barely tolerated by the other members of his own guild.
Yet his troubles quickly multip...






















