Godstorm: The Most High Octane and Original Fantasy Debut of 2026 (Godstorm 1)

GODSTORM -- an epic fantasy that is Red Rising meets Circe with a feminist twist. 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.

'Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition to the genre' Daily Mail

'This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure' Kim Stanley-Robinson

'A highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power' Ruth Downie

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A Female Gladiator's Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End Empires

In an oil-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow - a gladiatrix turned governess - must rescue Livy, the child she never meant to love, 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 tried not 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.

Author: Solitaire Townsend
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
Published: 09/15/2026
Series: Godstorm #1
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.25w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781835012598