A hellishly good novel: absolutely recommended! Conn Iggulden. Where the Outcast Lands stretch, blood once stained the world red. Where ancient ruins now stand, humans defeated giants. Where only the howling of wolves echoes, the world burned thousands of years ago. But for too long, people have felt safe. Now the giant stones weep blood, and in the Outcast Lands, what was meant to be forever banished stirs once again. An ancient enemy has long forged an alliance and waits for his moment to come. And only one can stop him when the Black Sun enters the world...