Tempus, the cursed and near-immortal commander of the Sacred Band of Stepsons, wrestles with the god who both empowers and torments him, in one of Janet Morris's ongoing Sacred Band Tales set in Thieves' World's Sanctuary. It's less about a single battle than about the toll of serving—and being used by—a deity who demands everything and explains nothing.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Sacred Band Tales
- contained in 13 Short Fantasy Novelsanthology
- contained in Shadows of Sanctuaryanthology
- contained in The Immortals Bundleanthology