Remnants of the Guard

An epic fantasy World War will be decided by magical combat, palace intrigue, secret steampunk nukes, and... an unexpected adoptive father-daughter bond? Kapitanleutnant Roskvir Englihavt is a war hero of the Albion Royal Marines, duty bound to carry out a surprise attack striking deep into the unsuspecting Setetic Empire. But when he discovers an unexpected sympathy for a strange young Setetic princess, his treasonous new doubts set him on a deadly collision course with Albion's sacred warrior code. Sergeant Kerauna Iumatar, meanwhile, is a fresh graduate of the Setetic Emprie's Patrol Corps academy. When a spat with a noble scion sees her demoted and reassigned to a distant backwater, she's just about ready to give up on her career. But unbeknownst to Kera or any of her compatriots, the Kingdom of Albion is about to launch an invasion of her homeland -- and her reassignment has placed her in just the wrong place at the right time to tip the scales of the coming conflict. Roskvir and Kera are trained soldiers, each convinced they can weather any storm. But neither is prepared for the sudden, world-rending cataclysm that strikes like a bolt from the blue -- one that shakes their deepest loyalties to the core.