The Books
Welcome, and thank you for visiting The World
of Gods and Men.
This archive was created to explore the history, mythology,
and lore of Eldoria through the writings of Professor Aldren, Senior Professor
of Ancient History at the Citadel. While many of the articles found here
discuss ancient events, forgotten kingdoms, and legendary figures, the stories
of Eldoria continue far beyond these pages.
If you would like to explore the
world through the stories of those who shaped its history, the Gods and Men
novels are available below.
The books below can be read independently, though new readers are encouraged to begin with The Chronicles of Sir Roderick.
The Chronicles of Sir Roderick
In a kingdom teetering on the brink of darkness, Sir
Roderick is determined to save the realm after a bitter dispute with his
brother, the King. With allies and old enemies by his side, Roderick fights to
protect his people. But as shadows loom, can he resist the unseen manipulations
of Zareth the Shadow, or will his efforts lead to the very downfall he seeks to
prevent?
The King's Shadow
War is coming to Eldoria.
As King Roderick tightens his grip on the throne, shadows
stir at the edges of his reign. Old enemies plot in secret, new alliances are
forged in blood, and the reach of the Faith grows ever darker. At the heart of
it all lies Evelyn, a girl once thought powerless, now drawn deeper into a
destiny she does not yet understand.
From the great halls of Valenhold to the haunted edges of
the Shadow Forest, loyalties will be tested and kingdoms shaken. For while men
play at crowns and conquest, the gods are never truly silent — and their
rivalries run deeper than any mortal war.
The King’s Shadow continues the saga of Gods and Men
— a tale of faith, betrayal, and the thin line between mortal will and divine
wrath.
Children of the Wrath
When the mist rose from the sea, the villages of the eastern
cliffs fell silent.
The Children of the Wrath is a dark, mythic fantasy
chronicling the first recorded appearance of the vampyric plague—creatures not
born of the living, but of the unquiet dead whose fire was twisted during the
ancient war between gods.
Told across three interwoven accounts, the book follows:
- the
destruction of Cliffs’ Bottom, where voices in the fog heralded a massacre
without witnesses,
- the
doomed investigation that uncovered graves drained of life itself,
- and
the siege of Castle Durnholde, where fire held back the darkness for a
single night.
At the heart of the record stand Lyros, one of the
Three Wizards who walked the world after the Wrath, and Lucas, a scholar
whose journals would shape the fate of a kingdom. Their testimony—alongside the
final writings of villagers, elders, and soldiers—forms the foundation of a
document that would later ignite the Great Purge.
Thank you for visiting The World of Gods and Men.
Whether you discovered the novels first or arrived here
through the histories and legends of Eldoria, I hope you enjoy exploring this
world as much as I have enjoyed creating it.
— Luke Kavanagh
