Godstorm
This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world… The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure.’ Kim Stanley-Robinson
A Female Gladiator’s Vow. A Stolen Child. A Storm to End Empires
In a petrol-fuelled Roman Empire which never fell, Arrow, a gladiatrix turned governess must rescue the child she has loved as her own, a girl who could tear down the world.
When Livy is abducted during a devastating Godstorm, Arrow must unleash years of the gladiator training she’d sworn to forget, to save her. Defying her owner, a heartless Consul, Arrow turns to her ex-lover and the illegal druid underworld in a desperate attempt to rescue the girl she has come to think of as her own.
Her search will take her across Londinium, a city of petrol-powered chariots, to the pagan Old Town, and eventually the edge of the known world: the Amazon, where destiny and destruction intertwine
Facing battle and betrayal Arrow must choose: reclaim her past as a killer—or risk everything for the child who calls her “mother.”
She is the Sword.
Additional information
| Genre | Action/Adventure, Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Speculative, Upmarket |
|---|---|
| Age | Adult |
| Publisher | 0 |
| Imprint | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format(s) | eBook, Hardcover |
| Author | Solitaire Townsend |
| Release Date | 15 January 2026 |
| Release Month | January Releases |
| Author Identity | LGBTQIA+, Neurodivergent |
About the Author
Solitaire Townsend is a climate expert by day, and storyteller by night. After decades of teaching governments, global brands and even movie studios how to communicate sustainability, she now has stories of her own to tell. She regularly blogs for Forbes, has a popular TED talk, and wrote the critically acclaimed non-fiction book The Solutionists.
While some of her characters might not know that they are ‘LGBTQIA+’ or ‘neurodivergent’, Solitaire does because she’s also both. She lives in London, and once visited an oil-rig in the Amazon, which caught on fire. Visit www.solitairetownsend.com
