Commander Narasan of the Trogite empire hates Aracia and agrees to help only if she pays him an exorbitant amount in gold, and only then if Sorgan Hook-Beak, the Maag pirate, can keep Aracia and her fat, lazy priests away from him and his men while they build forts in Long-Pass, the only route open to Aracia’s domain from the central Wasteland.

Meanwhile, Aracia seems to come to her senses briefly. She even orders her fat, lazy priests to help Sorgan defend her. All goes well, until the priestess, Alcevan, decides the only way to keep Aracia awake and her position intact is to kill Enalla, the goddess who will rule the East while Aracia sleeps for the next twenty-five thousand years. To do that, she convinces Aracia to kill Lillabeth, the dreamer child version of Enalla. However, taking a life is forbidden to the gods, for it could unmake the entire universe! Is Aracia crazy enough to risk it?

The Younger Gods brings this series to a satisfying, if less violent, close. Though not as spectacular in battle scenes as the previous three volumes, The Younger Gods still drips with political intrigue, greed, and revelations. As with most fairy tales, it has an end that will leave you with a satisfied smile on your face. Read the whole series and escape reality for a while.