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The capital city of Voortyashtan, once a bastion of a dead war deity and the birthplace of terrifying supernatural guardians, lies in ruins today. Its new military rulers find the city consumed by sectarian violence and bloody uprisings. Amid this chaos, General Turyin Mulaghesh—foul‑mouthed hero of the Battle of Bulikov, rumored war criminal, and ally of a beleaguered Prime Minister—has been exiled to the wasteland. There, she must endure the city's turmoil while awaiting the day she can retire and fade into oblivion, all under the shadow of a fragile political scheme.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Robert Jackson Bennett
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