Twenty years after The Village, a new generation inherits an uneasy peace — until the demon-driven Ironclad Empire comes for the frontier. Jarek Thornwood and the Misfit Squad fight from border skirmish to naval war to open rebellion, haunted by the divine conflicts their elders left unfinished. As the cost mounts toward a sacrifice that will seal the Master Gate forever, the saga bridges one world and the next. A generational progression-fantasy epic of reconstruction, war, and the price of closing the door behind you.
The Books
Book 1
First Blood
The peace was a lie. Twenty years after the Hollow King’s fall, Veridian grew soft, its heroes retired and its military ceremonial. Jarek, son of the legendary Ash, is haunted by a legacy he can't escape, until the Ironclad Empire shatters the illusion of safety in a single, brutal raid. But this is not a simple war of conquest; demons lurk within the enemy’s ranks, awakening a dormant evil that threatens to consume them all. In the ashes of the first assault, Jarek must forge his own legend, uncover a conspiracy hidden in plain sight, and fight a war on two fronts—against a relentless army and the creeping darkness that feeds on the flames of war. The first battle has been won. The war has just begun.
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Book 2
The Bleeding
Twenty years of peace have made the continent soft. Ironclad’s return isn’t just a raid—it’s an invasion. Ten times the force, with cities falling and armies in full retreat. Ryn, an Ironclad soldier, witnesses his commanders' unspeakable atrocities and begins to question everything he’s been taught. But the demons manipulating the war have a deeper purpose, awakening seeds of the Hollow King’s darkness. As the last bastions hold, Ryn’s choices will either shatter Ironclad from within or doom the continent to eternal night. The war is no longer just for survival—it’s for the very soul of their world.
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Book 3
Enemy Waters
Two decades of peace have made the continent soft. When the Ironclad Empire strikes again, it’s not just a war—it’s a trap. Demons have infiltrated their government, steering the nation toward war to feed the darkness awakening the Hollow King’s legacy. Jarek leads a desperate scouting mission into enemy waters, accompanied by Ryn, a reluctant guide seeking redemption, and Thessa, a Deepkin ambassador forced into an uneasy alliance. Their mission to understand the enemy becomes a fight for survival as they navigate treacherous seas, uncover demonic plots, and confront a possessed threat from Jarek’s past. They’ve crossed into enemy waters, but the real war is just beginning.
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Book 4
The Trap
Twenty years of peace have made them soft. The Hollow King is gone, the continent is fat and content, but a blade is at its throat. The Ironclad Empire invades, but their raiders are merely the bait. The true enemy is the demonic rot festering in Ironclad’s core, manipulating war to awaken the Hollow King’s dormant dungeon seeds. Now, two-front hell erupts as these seeds blow across the continent, cities turning into dungeons even as the enemy presses the invasion. Vex, who saw this coming for years, can only watch his warnings come true as he’s thrown into the impossible triage of containing monsters and fighting invaders. With continental forces stretched thin, every choice is a failure and every second feeds the darkness. Can they survive the trap when every victory is a step toward annihilation?
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Book 5
The False Rebellion
The peace forged by heroes is a lie, and the demons playing chess with the continent have just made their most devastating move. When civil war erupts within the Ironclad Empire, the Continent is forced into an impossible trap: support a rebellion they know is being manipulated by their enemies to bleed them dry. With both loyalist and rebel leadership infested by demons, every choice is a moral sacrifice. As Ryn walks directly into the heart of this false insurrection, he uncovers a truth so terrible it threatens to shatter their last, fragile hope. In a war where every ally could be an enemy, the only thing more dangerous than the demons hunting them is the price of victory itself.
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Book 6
The Liberation
Twenty years of peace have bred complacency. Now, the Ironclad Empire, hijacked by demons steering it toward war, shatters the continent's fragile calm. As new heroes rise to liberate city after city, a more insidious battle rages: establishing a constitutional democracy in the heart of the former enemy nation. The Burnt Reef campaign ignites a cascading revolution, but as democracy is forged, the demons' final gambit remains hidden. Will the liberation of a people come at the cost of everything they fought for?
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Book 7
The Old Guard
Twenty years of peace have made the continent soft. The Hollow King's defeat is a distant memory, and the heroes who won it are long retired. When the Ironclad Empire attacks, a new generation of commanders rushes to war, chasing rebels they don't recognize as pawns. Council recalls the legendary Bob and Ash as advisors, but their war isn't on the battlefield. Aging and outmatched in direct combat, Bob sees the hidden patterns in the chaos: demons have infiltrated the empire, steering it toward war to feed the darkness awakening the Hollow King's dormant dungeon seeds. The veterans fight a secret war against an enemy no one else believes exists. Can they expose the truth before the world they saved is consumed by a threat it can't even see?
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Book 8
The Stranglehold
Twenty years of peace have made them soft. The Ironclad Empire’s invasion seems like a last gasp, their fall inevitable. But the victory the craves is a trap. Military leadership, blinded by success, prepares a final offensive, unaware that every battlefield triumph awakens something far worse. As the enemy’s heart is torn open, demons tighten their stranglehold on the continent, pulling the unwitting liberators into their darkest design. Can the truth be exposed before the joy of victory curdles into the horror of annihilation? The endgame has begun.
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Book 9
The Trinity
Twenty years of peace have made them soft. When the Ironclad Empire strikes, the continent rallies, but these demons are just pawns awakening a far greater evil: the Master Gate. As the final battle in a decades-long war, this ninth installment sees the continent’s finest unite with their former enemies for one last assault. The first divine charge fails catastrophically, empowering the gate instead of destroying it. With hope dwindling, a desperate plan using forbidden magic is their only hope. Sacrifice is inevitable, but the true cost will shake the world to its core. The Trinity is the final sacrifice—and victory is nowhere in sight.
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