Gods of Ruin: A Dark Romantasy: A Covenant with Gods, a War of Humans, and Love That Refuses to Break (Gods of Ruin Saga) by Magdi Abdullah Ahmed

The chains are gone. The cost remains. Nyra broke the altar. She survived the gods. She rewired the lattice that once turned people into offerings—and now the continent is waking up angry, free, and starving for rules. Because when gods slip their collars, some want peace. Some want control. And one new god—Ashwind—decides freedom means fire and screaming streets. Nyra can feel it through the network like a bruise under her skin, a story the world is already beginning to tell about her and the three men who stand at her back. Dante, the weapon who chose to become her shield. Silas, the scholar forced to write laws that could kill them if they’re wrong. Ezren, the shadow who steps into daylight as Ruin’s visible blade. Together, they have one last impossible task: drag gods and humans into the same room and replace fear with terms—before humans start their own war to bring the chains back. But negotiations with gods don’t end with signatures. They end with trials. They end with blood. And they end with the kind of change that makes you wonder where the divine stops and the human begins. Read more