Why You'll Love This
Brom built his own mythology of Purgatory — then illustrated it himself, and the result is genuinely unlike anything else in dark fantasy.
- Great if you want: dark mythology, rich world-building, and visceral emotional stakes
- The experience: brooding and relentless — grief and dread on every page
- The writing: Brom writes like he paints — vivid, grotesque, and densely atmospheric
- Skip if: bleak, unflinching darkness without tonal relief isn't for you
About This Book
What would you sacrifice to protect someone who doesn't yet know they need saving? That question drives Lost Gods into genuinely unsettling territory as Chet Moran, a young man desperate for a second chance, finds himself violently thrust into a version of Purgatory that bears little resemblance to anything comforting or familiar. Brom constructs a vast, rotting underworld populated by forgotten deities, corrupted spirits, and human cruelty in its most distilled forms — and sets one frightened, ordinary man loose inside it. The stakes are immediate and personal: a wife, an unborn child, a soul already running out of options.
Brom is known as a visual artist first, and that sensibility saturates every page of this novel — the descriptions carry the weight and texture of dark illustration, conjuring images that linger long after the chapter ends. The prose never strains for effect; it simply renders a nightmare with calm, deliberate precision. What sets this book apart is how it grounds a mythologically dense story in raw emotional need, so the horror never feels decorative. Readers who want their dark fantasy to mean something will find Lost Gods earns its bleakness honestly.