A future terraformed Mars that has fallen into technological collapse. Knights in armor, called "riders," patrol a circuit for pilgrims bound for the Gran Templo Bautista of Chryse Planitia, on a planet divided into feudal governments, where real dragons prowl the lowlands. When the heretic King of Olympus closes the door to the pilgrimage, the outnumbered riders of Ascraeus fight a literal uphill battle into his kingdom, one that marks Sir Evan's life with love and loss in a way he will never forget...
The title intrigued me, though as I started to read it I felt like I was missing something. I think this book needs a prologue to set up the story and how people began to live on Mars. There is virtually no explanation on how men got on Mars or how they made it inhabitable, even though the author mentions the early humans on Mars a few times. There needs to be more set up in this story for it to work.