Firewatch
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The universe is at death's door. In the trillions upon trillions of years now written in the history of the cosmos, countless empires have passed into myth. Earth and the Milky Way galaxy have long since been forgotten. Yet, against all the odds, mankind endured. On a massive orbital ring encircling a black hole, the architects of which are unknown, humanity continues to rage against the dying of the light. Alexandra Lysander is the recently-coronated Queen of the Kingdom of Laria following the assassination of her mother. She takes sovereignty over an ancient empire mired in tradition and facing an uncertain future. When a political flashpoint on the border with a neighboring empire threatens the fragile peace imposed by the Federal Ministry of Firewatch, Queen Lysander must navigate the political turmoil, threading a needle between the whims of her court and the agents of the Ministry - or risk mutual annihilation. When a young sorcerous is tracked down and killed, Captain of the Guard Peter Wols works to understand the mysterious circumstances behind her appearance and her death. In doing so, he uncovers a secret that threatens to upend all that humanity claims to understand about the future- and the past.
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Every year, Lyra's village gathers beneath the ancient statues of the Fates, offering prayers and sacrifices to keep the creeping darkness at bay. The Ruined Kingdom stands in the distance, a forbidden place where no one enters and no one leaves. A place ruled by a king who does not age, does not die, and does not care for the world beyond his walls. Lyra has never believed in fate, only in survival. With her mother's health failing, she is willing to do whatever it takes to save what little she has left. But when this year's ritual goes terribly wrong, Lyra is taken-ripped from the life she knows and thrust into the heart of a kingdom lost to time. There, she is told she has been chosen. That she, along with others, must vie for the favor of a king no one has seen in over a century. But something is wrong within the castle's walls. Whispers of the past haunt her steps, and the King-cold, untouchable, and shrouded in secrets-watches her too closely. As shadows stir and forgotten magic awakens, Lyra begins to question everything she's been told about the Ruined Kingdom. And, more importantly, about herself. Because the deeper she delves into the mystery of the King and the kingdom he rules behind the walls, the more she realizes: Some destinies are written in blood. And some fates are meant to be broken.

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