House Lanier thought destroying the nether would be their salvation, risking everything to vanquish the ravenous creature from their suffering world. But when it comes to the rules of sorcery, one really must be mindful of the spells they invoke. For even victories have their fair share of wrinkles, and some wrinkles sprout teeth and swell to the size of tidal waves.
Now, the survivors of the godsgate ritual find themselves in unfamiliar territory where the ocean rolls off far into the horizon and the heavens wear a strange shape of stars. Though the Lancastle faithful won’t have long to scout their new surroundings, as something fresh has caught the scent of them. Something cold, calculating, and undeniable. Something that will stop at nothing to see their patience and perseverance rewarded. Even if it means the end of all civilization.
The Laniers and their band of dysfunctional malcontents may have averted one apocalypse in defying the nether on Vaelsyntheria, but can they prevent a second on a world they know nothing about against an enemy that may know them better than they know themselves?
Find out in Nothing But Ghosts Now, the fifth and penultimate volume in the pulse-pounding dark fantasy series The Giftborn Chronicles, from Drew Bailey.
The Giftborn Chronicles by Drew Bailey
Book 1: The Royal Nothings
Book 2: They Once had Names
Book 3: Even the Favored Suffer
Book 4: Until the Crows Delight
Book 5: Nothing But Ghosts Now
Book 6: Bury the Last One Screaming (forthcoming 2026)
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