House of the Rain King

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When the Rain King comes, the floodwaters rise. On the banks of Lake Tilehat lies the Rain House monastery: ancient, sprawling and corrupt. It's also the closest thing to a true home for the young novice Emwort. A bookish child from a family of hardworking fisherwomen, Emwort wants nothing more than to find a place for himself among the Rain King's worshippers. Then the Rain King arrives in person, and Emwort's world is thrown into chaos. Suddenly, the monastery becomes a death-trap, as a senile deity wanders the halls trampling his devotees underfoot. And out beyond the walls, the floodwaters are rising. As Emwort's sisters struggle to warn their people of the coming danger, Emwort discovers 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 mercenaries of Sparrow Company, who serve the Rain King while trying to mitigate his destruction. But the