I am entirely conflicted about this, because I was baffled by some things, and then there were some parts I was absolutely enthralled with and wanted to know more. I have recently been re-reading his Tom Swan and at one point the characters spar with sharps, [3] the author has the blades bite into one another.

The three are scattered across the map when we meet them, but right from the start they are being pulled towards one another by the machinations of the Huntress – also known as the Black Goddess, the Enemy, and Temis – who is always plotting against the other gods. Because, as we have learned throughout history, absolute power can corrupt absolutely (or "eternally" in the case of gods, as the cover of the book notes), as the saying goes. The combination of old world values with new gods, of the familiar mixed with christian/Mike's incredible world, and indeed heaven building creates a new world that you can at once feel familiar with, and yet instantly want to know more.Ultimately I really enjoyed AGAINST ALL GODS and see it as the beginning of yet another fabulous series from Miles Cameron.

Gamash of WeshWesh- the old warrior mage hero who fought bravely on behalf of Gods only to lose his daughter in an act of casual cruelty of a young god. Anyone who has read anything in Greek mythology knows that Greek gods are nothing like the Christian god. Centuries ago, Enkul-Anu (who is like a Zeus crossed with En-Lil crossed with cocaine) and his brood overthrew the old pantheon and set themselves up over humanity, whom the kept in a technological and economic stasis. Despite his previous work, Cameron is not just doing a riff on the Greek Bronze Age, there are hints of Mesopotamia, Anatolia/Syria, and Egypt here.The plot was intriguing and the world building done quite well, but I think the character development and pacing is what threw this off for me. Meanwhile, performer Era, uses all her wits, athleticism, and courage, to flee death and destruction, and along the way adopts an enigmatic young orphan boy, whose stuffed bear seems to predict the future. She is a natural leader but needs other leaders not to lead, even when they have palpably more and more relevant experience?