War Dog – The Dark Contemporary Fantasy book you didn’t know you were missing! For readers of Abercrombie, Kadrey, Vachss, and Butcher, here is your next series.
The Gods are not what you think.
Druids have always been the bad guys.
Nobody comes out of a war a better man.
Drustan Seta spent his life fighting cryptids and enemies out of myths and legends. What that got him was profound emotional trauma, huge gaps in his memory, and an addiction to pain pills. Now he sits alone at home, hearing voices of the long dead as his sanity slips away.
When his only friend Frank goes missing, he believes that finding him might pull him out of his downward spiral. Instead, he gets sucked into a silent war between two factions bent on bringing back the old Gods and the magic they make possible.
If you like Iron Druid Chronicles and Monster Hunter International, then this is your next great novel, complex world, with questions around every corner. – Andrew Hopkins
It slaps you in the face, and suddenly you’re in a world of Gods, Myths, and a whole Lotta WTAF even was that! Get it, read it, be ready for book two! – I’mSuddenlySue
‘War Dog (Hound of the Gods, Book One)’ by Daniel Nick is one of those books that does not ask for your attention politely—it drags you by the collar into its world & forces you to stay there until you finish. And once you do finish, you sit there for a moment, slightly dazed, wondering whether you’ve just read a military thriller, a supernatural fantasy, a mythology-infused horror novel… or all three at once.
The truth is – it is all three—& it is written with such raw confidence & imaginative ferocity that it becomes impossible to neatly label.
It is officially one of the best books I’ve read this year 2026, period. – Fiza Pathan, Author
Reading your work is like listening to a poet laureate recite amazing poems in a thick New York accent. – C. Powers, Author
…it is a high-energy, high-octane ride through a world of ancient Gods and modern warfare. You might even start believing some of it. If so, hope you’re well-armed…. – JL Bagan, Author
Absolutely gripping novel from start to finish. Action, myth, legend, conspiracy, it’s all in here and it’s an absolute blast from page 1. Can’t recommend highly enough. – James