Five teenagers who've lost everything but each other. A two-thousand-year-old king seeking revenge for a wrong committed centuries ago. A magical amulet. A prophecy from a captive mage. What would you do if you acquired a relic stolen from a king, lost your parents, and were forced to flee your home with two strangers, all in the same day? When Chad finds out he has a chance to end the two-thousand year long war that has torn his homeland apart, you'd think he'd jump at it. Right? Wrong. Wracked with guilt over a death from his childhood and crippled by grief, he stumbles along on a series of adventures with four companions bent on ending Agnir's reign. And he fully intends to assist them in saving the world without the help of his magic. But after discovering the true nature of the Amulet, an ancient relic stolen from an ancient king, it looks like he may not have a choice in the matter. He must either face and defeat his inner demons, or condemn the people of his homeland to endless tyranny. Pursued by Agnir's forces and frequently summoned by a strange old mage in his sleep, Chad finally achieves victory over himself. But can he defeat an enemy who possesses immortality? *** Any pictures I use for character or setting visualization do not belong to me unless I mention it specifically. *WARNING* I do have a scene which has a heavy theme of suicide. The chapter will be marked with this symbol: •|• and a warning at the beginning. I sincerely hope it isn't triggering to anyone, and the way I wrote it, it hopefully won't be, but just in case, there's the warning. :) *** The lovely cover is by the lovely @sarsar14 *** If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe, form, please go to Wattpad.com and find it there.

Born into a civil war that has torn her country apart for twenty years, Rowan Emerson fights to maintain the fragile peace that's kept the North American Empire from ruin. As the youngest Imperial General in history and the daughter of the Emperor, Rowan is hard pressed to stifle an unexpected rebel invasion before the conflict plunges the whole country into chaos. Joined by rival General and former friend, Damien Montague, Rowan is determined to bring the invasion to an end- and Sam Victor is determined to stop her. Sent as a spy within Empire lines, Sam fights heart and soul for the rebellion's cause, but the battle is always more than meets the eye. Steps haunted by danger from the beginning, his fellow spy, Chyanne Hawking uses all her wiles to avoid of suspicion. Caught in the middle of the clash, civilian Gwen Ash struggles just to keep herself and her family alive. As the Empire retaliates with crushing force, all begin to wonder if the invasion was doomed from the beginning. Will the spies save the Offensive from ruin? Can a single spark awaken the ashes of war? What's more, what will become of the friendship blossoming between Sam and the unwitting General? The stage is set, the pieces are in motion. Who is the real enemy? Is this the Empire's end? Or just the beginning? FORMERLY 'THE GENERAL'S FALL' Featured on @Wattpad-Military-Fiction's Modern Wars Reading List Ranked #1 in Government May 15th, 2018 and June 2nd-June 18th, 2018 Ranked #5 in General August 22nd, 2018 Ranked #325 in Action August 30th, 2018 Ranked #952 in Future December 16, 2019 Begun December 27, 2017 ~ Announced February 21, 2018 ~ Posted April 26, 2018 ~ Completed on December 20, 2019 ~ Completed on Wattpad on December 31, 2020