Chapter 15

Chapter 15

< PREVIOUS MAIN⬏ NEXT > MAIN < PREVIOUS NEXT > 30th Battalion front line, Llael. 12th of Octesh, 611 AR. Joffrey Léandre sat numbly at the embankment of what was now their rear trench line, looking across the wasteland 30th Battalion had fought and died...
Chapter 16

Chapter 16

< PREVIOUS MAIN⬏ NEXT > MAIN < PREVIOUS NEXT > 30th Battalion front line, Llael. 12th of Octesh, 611 AR. One of the First Army’s mandates entering Llael had been a ‘no prisoners’ policy until further notice. This was SOP for engagements with Khador, and...
Chapter 17

Chapter 17

< PREVIOUS MAIN⬏ NEXT > MAIN < PREVIOUS NEXT > Albyn, Llael. 12th of Octesh, 611 AR. Yegor strode down the hall of the first story of the apartment building that had been transformed into their infirmary. It was a rather excessive repurposing, even with...
Chapter 18

Chapter 18

< PREVIOUS MAIN⬏ NEXT > MAIN < PREVIOUS NEXT > 30th Battalion front line, Llael. 12th of Octesh, 611 AR. Night fell. Halleck ordered another howitzer fusillade into the trees in case the enemy had reoccupied them. As the darkness intensified, Captain Kasey...
Chapter 19

Chapter 19

< PREVIOUS MAIN⬏ NEXT > MAIN < PREVIOUS NEXT > 30th Battalion command post, Llael. 13th of Octesh, 611 AR. Morning came slow, cold, and cloudy. A faint but persistent drizzle was soaking everyone to the skin. The miserable cold and wet had come too late:...