The Lays of Xrrack

On a nameless continent ruled by the Xrrack, a race of chivalric humanoid insects obsessed with war, honour, feasting, and conquest, the mighty Narexite Empire is beginning to rot from within. Rebellious lords raise armies, human slaves dream of freedom, spies and assassins stalk plague-haunted cities, and hidden laboratories breed unnatural horrors for wars yet to come. Once, the Xrrack saved the world by overthrowing the Caranids, a monstrous reptilian species that devoured entire civilizations, but the old nightmares are stirring again in the dark corners of the continent. At the heart of the chaos are broken warriors, orphaned children, spies, tyrants, and doomed idealists trying to survive an age where glory and atrocity walk hand in hand. Think Malazan Book of the Fallen colliding with the Mahabharata, medieval epics, and grimdark science fantasy, filtered through the perspective of inhuman civilizations that still feel painfully human.