Forerunner Before the Warhorses

Endless battles, endless killing. Gabe Quinn is the kingdom’s iron fist, the Deathsworn Battalion’s spearhead who is always the first to charge and the last to retreat. With a trail of astonishing military merits, he has written a glorious record in blood and steel. But a sudden upheaval overturns everything: yesterday’s decorated hero becomes today’s condemned traitor, a man everyone is eager to put to the sword. Brothers fall on the frontier, subordinates turn on him, his lover is dragged into a bitter, painful entanglement, and in an instant he finds himself surrounded by enemies on all sides. This former national warhound is stripped of rank and faith, forced into a life where he must finally live for himself. From the blood-soaked vanguard of the Deathsworn Battalion to the storm-tossed path of rebellion and conquest, Gabe Quinn steps onto a road that will carry him from expendable pawn to founding sovereign. This is the sweeping, violent life of a man who charged as a disposable foot soldier before the horses, and in later generations will be remembered as the first emperor of a new realm.