John Sutton’s only wish is to leave war behind. Retired after ten grueling years of conflict, he escapes to a farm on the empire’s edge, determined to avoid adding to his ominous Doom Points—his personal countdown to the apocalypse.
But peace remains a fleeting dream. Bandits prowl the roads. Suspicious villagers treat him like an outsider. A mysterious pair of siblings appear with secrets of their own, and whispers of danger echo from the mountains. The scars of war seem to follow him everywhere, testing his resolve and threatening to unleash the very destruction he’s fighting to prevent.
As the world teeters on ruin, John must decide: Can he control the power within him, or will he be the spark that ignites the end?
