First Redoubt
After a while, the pounding of the drums creeps under your skin and plays a tattoo on your soul. I haven’t slept for days. None of us have. Reveille, when…
No More Hiding
In the darkness of his office, Father Henry clicked on the vid-feed screen. Staticky images and shadows battled across his walls. For the past month his city had been a…
The Burning of Sebastian Chiara
All my life I prayed for proof of my faith. Now, everyone can see it.They tied Sebastian Chiara to the husk of a tree, his arms lashed outstretched to the…
The Eye on a Distant World
The hole in the world appeared three rotations prior to when the Arbitrators of Thrax brought Janus, the discoverer of the phenomena in for interrogation. Half the planet knew about…
We Are Many And Yet We Are One
He had always been different. Not special: ‘special’ was a good word, a positive word. But until the ships came for him, he didn’t know just how different he was.He…
The Next Chapter
Living on an agri-world located on the far western edge of the galaxy had never been easy. Not only was the sector the scene of much conflict throughout The Great…
A Bruised Blade
'It was a beautiful war.'The warrior's eyes never lost their focus as he spoke – owing to the transfiguration of his biology, I doubt it was possible for him to…
A Clash of Wills
The halls of His Seen Works ran the length of a city block. One of Gaillaco’s many churches, His Seen Works was home to Sister Jolian’s office and where Sisters…
The Walls of Iben
Imperator Ajax swung its right arm in a powerful haymaker, lightning cracking in coruscating blue arcs across its fist. The blow connected with the cheek of a Reaver memory-stream inloads…
The Fisherman’s Tale
'Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.' - Albion proverb, dated M2.Thaben Catcher was a simple fisherman living a…