At the Expense
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Last published Wed, May 3, 2017
At the Expense is a story about the life and bloody, bloody death of the second-in-command of the greatest army in a fictional world: Aron O'Brogain. Aron sees himself as the mere shadow of his colleges and fellow soldiers, despite his high position. As the story unfolds, so does his, as he struggles to find his place in the world.
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