For years, War Chief Tenoc faithfully served the Machaq'way empire . until a disturbing vision cast his allegiance in doubt. His loyalty questioned, he's sent to be executed, learning that the emperor plans to ascend to godhood-by ritual sacrifice of his newly-chosen empress. Torn between duty and survival-and at the risk of severing humans from magic forever-Tenoc must summon the strength to lead a rebellion . while the arena warrior-turned-empress, Inte, fights to topple the empire from the inside. As whispers of a new power rise and war becomes inevitable, Tenoc and Inte find their fates interwoven with blood and shadow-while old powers, long forgotten, threaten existence itself. Steeped in ancient mythology and action-packed from first chapter to last, Dreams of Blood and Shadow delivers an epic fantasy for the ages.