Imperium

Zhang Min crouched at the forest edge, studying the supply depot through the darkness. It was almost midnight and, as planned, it was a new moon, making it one of the darkest nights… [See More on Patreon]

The feasting hall stretched before them, its timber walls glowing with torchlight and the roar of conversation spilling into the night. Lucilla paused at the threshold, taking in the scene. Dozens of village elders crowded the long tables, their weathered faces flushed from. [See More on Patreon]

The office had been a grain store once. Chen Wei had kept the racks and bins in place but filled them with ledgers, tally sticks, and bundles of reed markers instead of millet and… [See More on Patreon]

Chen Wei counted the paces between guard posts for the fifth time that afternoon. Forty-seven steps from the northeast tower to where the construction crews had left their work unfinished. The new gate frame stood half-built, steel posts driven into the ground but the heavy wire panels not yet secured. Instead, it was simple barbed […]

Sicilia. Medb didn’t care for Sicilia. The last time she’d been here, it had been an annoyance, tracking down an idiot of a merchant who was smuggling goods in and out… [See More on Patreon]