All's Fair In Love And War
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Last published Tue, Nov 12, 2024
It's the Second Epoch of human history, a hundred years after the Great War, and the Artificer's world is falling apart from the inside.
On the planets of Penates, Alimona, and the moon Cangas, society is slowly shifting, and those who are counted worthless are tossed away.
Anarchy is a game of lost lives and lies. The question is, who makes the rules? And who gets to break them?
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