They were legends once. Mercenaries for hire. Killers by trade. Kailen’s Twenty were feared across empires—ruthless, unstoppable, and chemically enhanced by deadly fightbrews.
But the past doesn’t stay buried. Years after the Twenty disband, someone is hunting them down, one by one.
Told through fragmented testimonies, journal entries, and battlefield recollections, Snakewood unravels the bloody legacy of a band that lived by the sword—and asks who’s left to tell the tale when the sword turns back on its wielder.
As secrets emerge and truths blur, a scholar with a personal stake in the carnage tries to make sense of the chaos.
In a world of brutal magic and corporate warlords, glory is fleeting, betrayal is inevitable—and revenge is a contract waiting to be paid.