A man who cannot count his years of life moves between worlds living the lives of other men. A soul-less ebony giantess seeks freedom in warfare but cannot escape the tragedy buried in her forgotten past. An aging mercenary and non-believer may be the unwitting saviour of his - and all - times. A blinded war-hero barters for a mythical stone in the hope that it may restore his former glory.
All the while an undead God seeks an end to his torment by bringing about an end to all things.
MACHIVARIUS POINT stands at the centre of the city of Duhn - a phallic monstrosity in bronze. Ancient and defunct, shit-speckled and crumbling, it's many-headed effigies bear witness to all that transpires below.
► GOD KILLERS does that most difficult thing in fantasy fiction: It absorbs its influences – China Michille, Lorecraft and M. John Harrison – but feels like a personaI, unaffected realisation nonetheless. It would be too easy to describe GOD KILLERS as a promising debut. Sharp writes fantasy with the assurance of an otherworld-seeing prophet. ◄ SFX
► Brave, exciting, and adventurous. GOD KILLERS is something unique in the world of fiction. ◄ JEFF VANDERMEER
► Liam Sharp s world-building inspires awe, but it's in character, narrative momentum and the rich, layered textures of their prose that these stories leave their mark on you. ◄ MIKE CAREY
► A significant achievement. Will come as a delight to everyone looking for properly comincing fantasy. ◄ DAN ABNETT
► Lyrical, bloodthirsty and excellent. It rocks. ◄ PAUL CORNELL
► Dark fables told with an assured lightness. ◄ DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF
CONTENTS
MACHIVARIUS POINT
Prologue
Avatar
Mercenaries
Vile-Space
Althlathu
Golderga
Gods and Fighting Men
MACHIVARIUS POINT. ARDDN
The Daggered Arm of Restraint
Sed
A Sticky Matter, Best Forgotten
Dustbowl
MACHIVARIUS POINT. ALTHLATHU
The Irascible Bor-bor
Kiazmus Foreword
Kiazmus
Althlathun Glossary
GOD KILLERS
Metawhal Alpha
Death & the Myrmidon
Fluxium
Frogspawn
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Cover illustration by Liam Sharp
First published in 2008