CYRDEL SONASSON IS AFRAID. When cannons and flintlocks open-fired on the pacifist territory, Alkara, signaling an invasion by Synketros, he is left with no choice but to watch destruction grip more than he is ready to let go. With his fiance, and her aunt both trapped in places they don't want to be, Cyrdel has only two choices left: hide to save himself or face the horrors of the enemy's occupation to save his people.

Cover by Dayisdemigod.