Synopsis
A Female Gladiator’s Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End Empires
In a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow, a gladiatrix turned governess must rescue the child she has loved as her own, a girl who could tear down the world.
When Livy is abducted during a devastating Godstorm, Arrow must unleash years of the gladiator training she’d sworn to forget in order to save her. Defying her owner, a heartless Consul, Arrow turns to her ex-lover and the illegal druid underworld in a desperate attempt to rescue the girl she has come to think of as her own.
Her search will take her across Londinium, a city of petrol-powered chariots, to the pagan Old Town, and eventually the edge of the known world: the Amazon, where destiny and destruction intertwine
Facing battle and betrayal Arrow must choose: reclaim her past as a killer—or risk everything for the child who might call her “mother.”
She is the Sword.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
- ISBN: 9781835012598
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 238 x 159 mm
- Languages: English
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ARC review
I really hope this is a start of a series! I was so lucky to get an ARC of this from netgalley. The adventure and found family the betrayals! I loved the r... READ MORE
GODSTORM — YOU ABSOLUTE MENACE OF A BOOK.
Godstorm is what happens when the Roman Empire never falls, steals all the oil, builds steampunk monorails, angers the gods, and then throws a former gladi... READ MORE
ARC Review - 5/5*
Godstorm was an absolute winner for me, from the first chapter I was instantly hooked by the story.
The world building was very interesting and easy to un... READ MORE
This tale is far too good to be a one-off
This is a title that I almost read by accident and it convinced me I need more accidents like this one.
What a fabulous story, set in a people landscape... READ MORE
Inventive and unexpected
A brilliant concept, with a Roman Empire that invented the internal combustion engine, and an 18th-century government full of climate change deniers. There... READ MORE
Alternate history Roman Empire
Godstorm drops the reader into an original alternate history: a Roman Empire that never fell, but instead industrialised around oil, with Londinium as its ... READ MORE
A fascinating read
In a world where the Roman Empire never fell and the earth is suffocating from the over reliance of oil, Arrow is governess to Livy. Arrow was an acclaimed... READ MORE
New World Order
A world where the Roman Empire does not disintegrate! Everything changes. Oil has been discovered and utilised across the empire by those in power. The str... READ MORE
Review
A blend of fantasy and sci-fi with a reimagined Roman Empire where it never fell and is fuelled by oil and petrol vs the River Queens and Anglos who fight ... READ MORE
Entertaining and Enjoyable fantasy novel.
Set in an industrial Roman Empire, still ruling Britain and now with its capital in Londinium, this book is about Arrow, an ex-gladiatrix and governess, an... READ MORE
Topical, alternative and twisty
I really enjoyed the concept of this book and the blend of historical fiction/ alternative history and felt the very topical and modern climate change mess... READ MORE
An interesting alternative history
This was a really interesting book, based on an alternative history using the Roman Empire as a base and bringing it forward into a kind of industrial revo... READ MORE
Spiffing Debut
An interesting steam punk take on our own global warming crisis taken from the viewpoint of a world in which the sun never set on the Roman Empire - which ... READ MORE
Great
A great read. I really enjoyed it. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC.
ARC Review: 4.25 ⭐️
This book is set in an imaginary London, where a now petrol-fuelled Roman Empire still thrives. This background was super interesting, making this book a g... READ MORE
Fear is the foundation of safety
Really good read about strong women and climate change - loved the characters but really want to know more about what happens after the end
Here are my fa... READ MORE
Brilliant
Godstorm is the story of Arrow, a gladiator-turned-governess in an alternative history where the Roman Empire never fell. When her ward is kidnapped, she m... READ MORE
Save the child, save the world?
Written with style and gusto, Godstorm is an exciting steampunk dystopian fantasy set in the Roman Empire and the Amazon. Gladiators, Roman consuls, Druids... READ MORE
Great Story
*ARC received from Netgalley
I am aware that this arc is an uncorrected copy - and I dearly hope that this book is corrected and edited and then success... READ MORE
Easy read
‘Godstorm’ plunges us into a vivid petrol-powered Roman Empire, where Arrow, once a gladiatrix, now a fiercely protective governess, must fight to save Liv... READ MORE