The Prey of Gods is the perfect read for anyone in the mood for something weird, something fantastic, or something that weaves the best elements of multiple genres into one spellbinding book. With wry humor and captivating plot pacing, Drayden blends science fiction, fantasy, mythology, an urban setting and paranormal entities to create an exceptional debut novel. She tunes his moaning out and savors the fear lapping at his skin like viscous waves breaking on the beach after an oil spill. Sydney’s surprised he still has the strength to speak, much less the will to live with all the hell she’s put him through – skin flayed like a tuna, legs bent at half a dozen impossible angles. “Please,” comes a weak voice from the man currently stretched across her coffee table, “I beg of you. She laughs at the slapstick comedy and tries to put her crappy day at the nail salon behind her, while avoiding thoughts of the custodial overseer job she’ll go to this evening. She watches her television now, rapt in her hovel of an apartment as the corny, old-time music crackles through her stereo speakers.

Those old movies have become her escape from this dull excuse for an existence. And Sydney delights in consuming the fear that emanates from dying humans. Riya is a world-famous pop singer with tremendous daddy issues. Stoker is a councilman by day and something entirely different by night. Nomvula is a little girl with golden eyes and an epic secret. Muzi is a teenager who just got his hands on a hallucinogenic drug that causes unorthodox side effects. Set in South Africa in the year 2064, The Prey of Gods unveils the otherworldly circumstances that draw five unusual characters together. Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend.

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