[Western Fantasy, Fallen Gods, Apocalypse + A Game of Fate + High-IQ Mind Games + Ensemble Adventure + Light Cthulhu Mythos + Constant Twists]
Seven gods have crushed the world into a game of fate. Birth and death, rise and fall, honor and disgrace: every mortal is a piece on the board, doomed by design.
Shang Yin, a poor apprentice from Snowmelt City, is the one uncontrollable variable in this perfect game. With a Chaos Fate Stone hidden within him and dominion over "Disorder," he is immune to all divine manipulation and specializes in dismantling all manner of "predestined fates."
Drawn into the game when casino dice inexplicably stop rolling, he exposes a sacrificial scam at a sacred lake, uncovers the ancient secret behind the Life God's dismemberment, and joins a dwarf smith, an elven ranger, and a masked plague doctor to cross the ice fields, break the blood moon's curse, and outplay the Federation, gathering the Fate Stones along the way.
When all ten stones are reunited, the gods fall. He seeks no place among the creators. He only wants to win all mortals the right to change their fate, just once.
