Fifteen years after the Larentine Empire conquered its northeastern neighbor in a bloody struggle that toppled Adal's Verade monarchs, tensions still bubble beneath the outward appearances of peace. The Larentine regional governor has increasingly put pressure on city and local governments to adopt the Imperial style, and rumors abound of outright revolt in the provincial northern mountains. Five strangers meet by chance one night at the Broken Sword Inn in the border city of Darev, unaware that their lives will become inextricably linked as they are each swept into the coming turmoil.
21 parts