Jahmil Effend: And What Remains, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Klappentext

This is a tragic grim dark military fantasy about institutional failure and moral cost.

The Union did not begin as a weapon. It became one slowly, through signatures, negotiations, and the quiet acceptance that survival and virtue are rarely the same thing.

Back of Book Blurb:

The Union was never meant to be righteous. Only enduring. And profitable.

Lord Commander Roxana leads the Soldiers Union into conquest under a contract that values victory over conscience. The war is meant to preserve order. Instead, it exposes how easily order becomes sanctioned brutality. Allies light keeps aflame, butcher the innocent, torch oaths alongside banners. Virtues fracture beneath the cost of reputation. Each command Roxana gives binds her tighter to a system that cannot tell duty from complicity.

Her predecessor Queen Sonya sees the disaster taking shape and chooses to combat the Union she once led-and the protege she raised. Hotch, a veteran who still believes in the Union's founding oaths, slams the table, refuses to accept what those promises have devolved to. His ideology parallels the old guard, stands in direct opposition to Roxana's. Both cannot persist.

As the Union begins to fracture beneath internal divisions, Roxana must decide whether leadership means preserving the institution or confronting the ruin stability allows. Her legacy is written in blood. Either choice will cost lives. Neither offers absolution. Gold carries both value and burden.

This is not a story of heroes. It is the story of those forced to survive what victory leaves behind.