Goblin Winter: of Puppet Kings and Telling Sins - Paperback

by Daniel Scott Westby (Illustrator), Daniel Scott Westby (Author)

'Goblin Winter' is the prelude to the FIMBULVTR Books. An assassin pursues a Horseman of the Apocalypse, inadvertently spreading a mythical disease across a dystopian America. Other unlikely adventurers join the hunt for the Horseman, each with hidden agendas during a winter foretold in Bible and Völuspá - but all become obsessed with an enchanting priestess beguiling a fantastic future. A fairy tale war, a massacre amongst sunflowers, and unrequited love all lead the assassin to an unavoidable confrontation with both friend and foe above a storm-wracked land.
Already an outsider due to a suspicious heritage, a boy is exiled from his homeland, only to return with strange abilities separating him from his people. Now, years later, he wanders to stay ahead of his memories, chasing a mysterious figure spreading disease across a post-apocalyptic America. Others reluctant heroes him in his quest, including the beguiling priestess of the Avenger God. Everyone appears to have dark motives during a season foretold in Bible and Völuspá, and no one is spared nature's judgment - not even the gods. Goblin Winter is an American Fantasy novel set in the landscape of a desolate future that uncomfortably mirrors our own world. The reluctant heroes struggle in the battle of good versus evil while discovering traits of both in themselves. Daniel Scott Westby presents a tale of jealously, alienation, and apocalyptic horsemen - all in a weird world of scaly and clockwork demons hidden in shadow and mind. Goblin Winter is a self-contained adventure and prelude that leads readers into the following FIMBULVETR Trilogy - immersing them in the equally elaborate worlds of the novels 'Wind of Chains' and 'Lie by the Sword.'

Author Biography

Daniel Scott Westby was born in Minnesota in 1975. He holds degrees in Literature and Design, and now resides with his wife in Colorado. Inspired by Weird Fantasy and Science Fiction, Goblin Winter is his first novel, leading into the Fimbulvetr Books, concerning the rise and fall of the future.