A Dead Man's War

"Ey, you lot!" she rasped. "D'ya hear?!" The rowdy pub stilled and it was no surprise: the girl was a messenger for the king's bounty service.
"Go on then!"
The girl panted and looked around the room with wide eyes.
"Gallagher Gervas - "
"Wot, that soldier boy?"
"They was holding a fancy to-do at the Summer Palace," a woman explained to her companion.
"Would you lot shut up?!" the girl shrieked. The pub laughed but quieted down.
"Gallagher Gervas," she announced, "is a Dead Man."

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After returning home from a ten year war, Gallagher Gervas is labeled as a hero. The rest of his life is settling into perfection-- until he accidentally overhears a dastardly plot and is framed as a "Dead Man." If he wants to survive, he'll have to escape and fight back against a country he fought so long for.