The Race to the Blackened Nevers: Book 1, The Woeful Wager

The race is on! The gods careen toward the Blackened Nevers. Pray you don't get in their way! An army of criminals runs to reclaim its honor. An old knight wakes to find a child pointing to the finish line. A prison guard is cursed to return to the start. And the last two members of the Rowlach tribe run to ask their god why the race was more important than his creations. Meanwhile, deep inside their mountain, a brother and sister run to prevent the awakening of a leviathan. Will it rise to destroy creation, or is it just their god's cynical attempt to increase his odds of winning? ‘The Woeful Wager’ is the first book in the new dark fantasy series ‘The Race to the Blackened Nevers’. It won the Gold Medal in the 2019 SPR Book Awards, and was a finalist in the Fantasy (Adult Fiction) category of the 22nd Annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards, the 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards (Science Fiction/Fantasy), the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards (Fantasy), and the 2020 Readers' Favorite Awards (Fiction - Fantasy – General). Come join the race of the gods!

About the Author

Douglas Bain lived in seven countries by the age of ten, and used the next couple of decades to rack-up as many careers. 'The Woeful Wager' is book 1 of the new dark, fantasy series'The Race to the Blackened Nevers'. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two dogs who howl along with him when he finally gets the page right. Follow him on Twitter @DBainWriter.

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