Fists of Iron: An Urban Fantasy Novel (Clans of Shadow Book 3) by J.A. Cipriano & J.B. Garner

Author:J.A. Cipriano & J.B. Garner [Cipriano, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-02T16:00:00+00:00

14

“Say that again now,” I pressed, hoping I’d heard Krishna wrong because if what he’d said about everyone, including God, being too weak to stop the Old ones was true, I might just lose my mind. “Please.” Even though I felt like we were being let down, it was no reason not to be polite to who had seemed to be a stand-up guy so far.

Blue skies continued to streak by as Krishna looked up from the wheel, but still kept his gaze locked into the wild blue yonder. “None of us, no divine pantheon or metaphysical being, have the power to keep the Great Old Ones in proper balance.” He turned his head back toward us, eyes bouncing from person to person. “As I said, the divine draws power from faith, from belief. The more faith, the greater the power, with no limit that any mind, mortal or immortal can understand.”

“Faith. Now, that doesn’t answer a damned thing,” Molly grumbled from the back, turning to lean her back into Tyrone’s gut.

Before Big Blue could explain himself, Gabriela gasped with realization. “Spirits above and below, I understand now.” When no one else jumped in with a hearty “me too,” she let out a short sigh and dropped into her academic tone. “If faith is the life and power of gods, then no god gathers power until it is believed in. Hence you can mark the ‘birth’ of various deities and pantheons, and perhaps even mark their ‘deaths.’”

“And that means exactly…?” I didn’t see where she was going yet, but I was getting a nervous worry in the pit of my stomach anyway.

“The Great Old Ones are primal, alien beings, thought to have been ‘created’ in the distant mists of time by species far older than man,” Gabby continued. “Born of eternal fears and the mystery of the unknown, they have existed for far longer than any other extradimensional we know of. They may very well predate sentient life on planet Earth. Add to that the reality that belief does not have to include worship to provide that power of faith and it only complicates matters.”

Well, that did it. The worry was turning into a full blown, theological headache now.

“So pretty much these things are like super mega gods. They’ve soaked up so much power that our own gods, no matter how long they’ve been around or how widely worshipped by man they are would get their dicks kicked in if they tried to fight them.” I took a deep breath as I realized how truly fucked we all were. “No offense, man.”

“I never take offense from the truth.” Despite the seemingly grim situation, the god cracked a fresh smile. “But that doesn’t mean we face an unwinnable battle. Obviously, as you must know, the Old Ones were kept in balance for countless millions of years by other gods, many of which are long dead and many that still flourish. They were even wrangled for a brief time by man. There is hope.

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