by Ediowl
It has been 10 years since the events of what is known as the Desert War, in that time the world has rapidly changed, technology advanced nearly a thousand years, new empires rise and fall in the blinding light of progress and the very fabric of the world has morphed.A group of soldiers, spies and mages known as Taskforce Talon now exists to help prevent catastrophe from ever striking these lands again, they fight back against the secret evils of the world every step of the way, but these brave men and women must now face an enemy from their past, one they once thought long dead. In a world like this, old truths are hard to kill, and old enemies even harder.
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Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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