House of the Rain King

When the Rain King comes, the floodwaters rise.

On the banks of Lake Tilehat lies the Rain House monastery: ancient, sprawling and corrupt. But it’s also the closest thing to a true home for the young novice Emwort, a devout and bookish child born into a family of rambunctious fisherwomen. All Emwort hopes for is to complete his initiation so he can find his place among the Rain King’s worshippers.

Then the Rain King arrives in person, and Emwort’s world is thrown into chaos.

Suddenly, the monastery is turned into a death-trap, as a senile deity wanders the halls trampling his devotees underfoot. And out beyond the walls, the floodwaters are rising. While Emwort’s sisters struggle to warn their people of the approaching danger, Emwort uncovers a conspiracy among his fellow monks to erase the King’s true history.

With no-one else to trust, Emwort forges a fragile alliance with the vagabond mercenaries of Sparrow Company, who serve the Rain King while trying to mitigate his destruction. But the Sparrows have their own dark past to reckon with, and the secrets Emwort reveals may turn one comrade’s blade against another…

As the flood reaches its peak, Emwort and the Sparrows will face a terrible decision. For the Rain King is waiting to claim his Bride. And if he does not have her, he will leave the land flooded forever.