A RESTLESS CITY. A DARK PROPHECY. A GOD WAITING TO BE BORN.

Amberes teeters on a knife-edge. The return of King Francisco brings chaos and resentment, while deep inside the Imperial Temple, the ambitious Inquisitor Tiberius is plotting the downfall of the divine.

When the goddess of Amberes selects Lyta's beloved Sylvian as her Chosen, he must keep the peace in a city lurching headlong into outright revolution, forcing yet another wedge between the pair. But Lyta has worries of her own. From the unnatural shine in her brother Kit's eyes and the glow on his skin, she can guess where the creature that crawled out of the Nether has taken refuge. While Kit struggles against the being nestled inside him, he finds himself drawn to the familiar siren call of sedition and Guild politics. Finding Kit caught between the divine and civil unrest, Lyta worries she may lose him for good.

As Lyta tries desperately to hold her patchwork family and her world together, a dark prophecy about two siblings heralds the coming of a newborn god, a god whose rising could bring about the end of Amberes itself.

At the heart of it all is a long-forgotten ritual. A ritual that starts with the bell, the book and the candle. Bringing all three together will take the heist to end all heists.

TROPES
Divine magic
Childhood friends to enemies...to lovers
Second chance romance
Alt History Renaissance
Found family

READERS LOVE THE FERAL GODS TRILOGY
'SIX OF CROWS meets THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, with just a hint of A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC, with a charm and edge that is all Long's own'
'I'm fully on board for more adventures with Lyta and crew . . . For fans of Solo, The Princess Bride, Ocean's Eight and Eleven, and anyone looking for a wonderful book worthy of heists'
'This was EXCELLENT'
'I especially loved the characters. They multi-faceted, complex people and I enjoyed reading from all three POVs'
'Such a fun, 16th century inspired heist and state-vs-religion fantasy'
'I read this as the BFS book club read for January, and I was absolutely bowled over by it. Long takes her love of the history of old books, particularly the Plantin Polyglot Bible, and 16th Century Antwerp and delivers a sumptuous fantasy story'

AUTHORS LOVE THE FERAL GODS TRILOGY
'Sweeps you away with magic books, gods, and a gorgeous second-chance romance. This book is golden!' M.A. KUZNIAR
'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' Sarah Rees Brennan
'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined, The Book of Gold snatched me away to a dangerous, decadent city populated by thieves and kings; scholars and gods' Lyra Selene