Description
In the kingdom of Tre'Vedia where kings are living host to a god greedy for dominion on earth and women are deemed unfit for battlefields. Seventeen-year-old Zuri Dlamini is happy to be the only walking contradiction, pursuing a career as an arena fighter and shattering unjust conventions. As the daughter of a revered former army General and the descendant of legendary male warriors, Zuri has lived with the continual reminder that as a female, she has to prove her worth by winning every fight. If it means suffering constant denigration from cynics for such a glory she will suffer through every battle she fights. When Zuri is thrown into the fighting pit as bait for some of the kingdom's most fearsome and respected fighters, it's a challenging battle until she is struck by heavenly fire. She becomes the first female Vessel to ever be chosen by the god of fire and fury for the commemoration of the Divine Tournament, where seven opponents must participate in a bloody battle of trials until only one remains as the victor to become the next divine ruler. Zuri values her own free will and the last thing she wants is to be a pawn in the gods' game of dominion. But Zuri realizes that the Tournament is the perfect opportunity to prove that like men, women can be great warriors too. With mounting tension from cynics, assassination attempts, threats from those in a higher power who do not wish to see a woman on the throne and, six dangerous opponents, Zuri is aware that the odds are stacked against her. If she is to win she'll have to outsmart the God-king who isn't above using his vestige of divine power to commit political treachery toward Vessels. THE FURY OF GODS is a West African-inspired YA Fantasy set in a world reminiscence of Children of Blood & Bone and the action of killed or be killed in The Hunger Games.
Chapter 1: THE BLADEMISTRESS
