A selfless sacrifice to an ancient god gives a bitter slave a reason to live and a baby to raise.The blood awakening of an ancient god strikes a cruel bargain with a slave named Julian: an innocent life in exchange for extraordinary powers—ones he must use to protect a helpless baby in a cruel and violent world!Sold into slavery, Julian has known nothing but pain. All that changes when he experiences kindness for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian when an ancient god bestows the power and lives of a hundred slaughtered slaves upon him. He uses these powers to protect those he loves, especially the baby Diana. Time moves fast, and now Julian lives with Titi and the five-year-old Diana, who is the spitting image of her mother Mira. Constantly hunted, Julian’s fighting abilities are stronger than ever—and he’ll need them when he faces a vengeful princess who’s determined to see him dead for her slain brother Achros.

A selfless sacrifice to an ancient god gives a bitter slave a reason to live and a baby to raise.The blood awakening of an ancient god strikes a cruel bargain with a slave named Julian: an innocent life in exchange for extraordinary powers—ones he must use to protect a helpless baby in a cruel and violent world!Sold into slavery, Julian has known nothing but pain. All that changes when he experiences kindness for the first time. But fate has plans for Julian when an ancient god bestows the power and lives of a hundred slaughtered slaves upon him. He uses these powers to protect those he loves, especially the baby Diana. Time moves fast, and now Julian lives with Titi and the five-year-old Diana, who is the spitting image of her mother Mira. Constantly hunted, Julian’s fighting abilities are stronger than ever—and he’ll need them when he faces a vengeful princess who’s determined to see him dead for her slain brother Achros.