In "Chapter Three," the young soldier arrives at the royal palace and is welcomed into the grandest hall in the kingdom, only to discover that the king already knows everything about him including the…
In "Chapter Four," Andreia settles into the cathedral and discovers the most freedom he has ever known. Days blur into deep conversations with the clerk about the soul, the mind, free will, and the…
In "Chapter Five," Andreia walks into the royal court and does the unthinkable. He refuses to bow to the king, refuses to serve the throne, and offers instead to serve the princess as a holy knight on…
In "Chapter Six," everything Andreia built falls apart in a single royal decree. Accused of bribery, murder, and laying hands on the princess he served, he is dragged before the king while Mandalin…
In "Chapter Seven," Andreia finds his footing in a new kingdom and a new role, moving from reluctant guest to trusted advisor as the two rival continents race to outmaneuver each other in a battle for…
In "Chapter Eight," the clerk and his holy knights land on a distant crater-scarred planet in search of the source of a mysterious substance that has been spreading across the universe for centuries.…
In "Chapter Nine," both kingdoms declare war and march their armies to a great plain that has not seen battle in centuries. Floating half-dead down a river with no memory of how he survived, Andreia…
In "Chapter Ten," both kingdoms are broken. The war they launched in pride ends with empty treasuries, mass debt, and a peace forced upon them by the very order they spent years ignoring. The clerk…
In "Chapter Eleven," the clerk takes full command of both kingdoms, forcing peace on two nations that brought it on themselves. But what haunts him is not the war. It is the realization of everything…
In "Chapter One," the story opens in the slums of Feramis, where a young boy silently watches his parents destroy each other in one final, fatal fight. In the aftermath, with no family left and no one…
