Devil of the 22nd

A crumbling empire. An abandoned army. Kurt Val Clause has one chance to gain everything, or lose his soul. Veteran sergeant, and the only man left alive from 1st Division in East Army. Kurt has served the empire of Keevland since he was twelve - twenty years of war and still alive, still healthy. But now that empire is changing. A republic has formed, and East Army has been all but abandoned in the scramble for power. The 'noble' officers are dead, or fled back to their lands and castles. Chaos reigns. But Kurt has always been a creature of chaos. In the fallout he schemes for more plunder and glory - more victory, more war. On campaign, deep in barbarian territory, he discovers something dark, something unworldly, something he never expected. And it changes everything, especially him... From the author of Kings of Paradise comes the second novella in the God-King Chronicles universe - a world of muskets and cannon, knights and demons. This is the story of a dangerous, broken man, on the edge of empire...


Genre: Fantasy