Introduction: In a world where children are chosen by the gods鈥攂lessed with divine affinity and talent from birth鈥攖hose born without their favor are discarded, forgotten... or worse.Cyrus is one of the godless. Born with no talent, no divine affinity, and no future, he was thrown into the grim, inhumane bowels of the Red Arena from a young age. For three years, he鈥檚 survived by tooth and nail, fighting for the right to live just one more day. The pit demands blood鈥攁nd the only choice is to shed it!Forged in the depths of the 'Bloodpit', Cyrus struggles to hold on to his sanity.His tale is not the story of a hero.It's the story of a young man trying to preserve what's left of his humanity in a broken, treacherous... godforsaken world....