Revenge of the Gods — T.C. McMullen

Nine years after Tryn Brye Annis returns to her people, she with a dozen top Inaut guards leave to investigate disappearances in the western grasslands. What Tryn discovers nearly ends her life. The creatures are unknown and unimaginable. Tryn returns to Nikkar to plan with her brother how best to protect their people. It's sixteen year-old Kira who first realizes the attacks are tactical. The gods have begun their revenge using creatures of flight and fire, all teeth and claws. When a brutal beast even a Pure One can't control sets its killing motives on all the people, no one can stop it, not even Tryn when she realizes it is headed straight for her children. Kira DeVassi-Brye Annis, her life forever changed, takes on duties even the great Inaut warriors avoid, and her nine year-old brother is intent on remaining by her side.