The illusion at the center of power
What happens when control meets its limit?
MORTAL GODS enters the space between the power people claim and the vulnerability they cannot escape. Leaders can command armies. Institutions can decide who receives protection. Wealth can delay consequences. None of them can make a person immortal.
This book asks what power becomes when survival is no longer theoretical. It follows the stories powerful systems tell about themselves, the people forced to carry their risks, and the moment control reaches the edge of what it can actually command.
Why do people worship power they know will eventually fail?
Who is protected when survival has to be rationed?
What does a powerful person become when power can no longer save them?