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The Younger Gods

By: Katie Shepard
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Danger looms when a former priestess sails to the realm of the dead to find her fallen lover, only to discover the gods she thought she defeated are preparing for war.

Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death. Months later, the war doesn’t feel over. Not with Taran gone. Especially not when the gods still answer the prayers she sings.

Angry, grieving, and with a gnawing dread that the gods will return, Iona strikes a deal with her former patron goddess: if Iona can convince Taran to follow her home from the Underworld, he’ll be free to live again. If she fails, they’ll both be trapped there forever.

No sooner does she find him, she makes a horrible discovery. The dead gods have been reborn, they are plotting revenge—and Taran, it seems, was always one of them. This reincarnated trickster god with Taran’s face no longer remembers her or the war they fought together, and she doubts not just his loyalties but his love.

Determined to stop the next war without revealing her part in the last one, Iona enters her deadliest battle yet, one where she fights to bring Taran home without him even knowing it.

©2026 Katie Shepard (P)2026 Penguin Audio

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The Younger Gods is a work of art. Katie Shepard’s richly imagined and meticulously crafted world is a soaring canvas for her beautiful prose, which is as haunting as it is melodic. Brimming with lush atmosphere, searing romance, and ancient defiance, this enthralling and poignant tale is simply unputdownable. I eagerly await the next installment.”—Thea Guanzon, New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars

"The Younger Gods is everything I want in a fantasy novel! It’s full of beautiful imagery, rich worldbuilding, gasp-inducing plot twists, and devastating emotion. Katie Shepard uses her trademark wit and gorgeous prose to weave a tale of love and rebellion in the wondrous and horrifying realm of the gods. I loved Iona and Taran and their angsty and swoon-inducing romance, and I can’t wait to see what comes next! This is exquisite."—Sarah Hawley, USA Today bestselling author of Servant of Earth

"A darkly romantic, twisty epic of evil gods and tortured heroes that propels the reader through heartbreak, resurrection and redemption as Iona searches the heavens and the Underworld for her lost lover."—Julie Soto, USA Today bestselling author of Rose in Chains

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