A Soul Twice Made [daily chapters until completion]

Amidst the ruins of a battlefield, Zalish, a disgraced Amono warrior with a talent for surviving things that should have killed her, stumbles and punches her way into a conspiracy far more valuable than the corpses she came to loot. Wanted by the people she fled and determined to clear her name, she has little use for Gods, empires, or anyone else’s problems. Gold, however, is another matter. Then her path crosses with Vahkul, a wandering druid with a talent for healing, forbidden knowledge, and a past he has no intention of discussing. What begins as an arrangement of convenience sends the unlikely pair across an island already beginning to fracture beneath the expansion of the Velish Empire. But the farther they travel, the clearer it becomes that neither of them stumbled into the other's path by accident. Something ancient is moving beneath the wars of mortals. Old Gods are stirring. Forgotten blessings are awakening. Spirits refuse to remain dead, and memories Zalish once trusted begin to betray her. Worse, the mark she has carried since birth may belong to something far darker than the warrior Gods her people taught her to worship. As Zalish searches for the truth that will clear her name and Vahkul is forced to confront the life he fled, their journey draws them into secrets buried by the tribes, the Gods, and empires alike. Secrets surround Zalish's past, death has destroyed her life, and a divine war began long before either of them understood they had a place in it. The Gods don't need to walk the mortal realm to wage war. They only need someone willing, or cursed enough, to carry them there.