Conquerors

He was meant to till soil, not change history.

When the southern Elniri march across the northern kingdoms, a quiet valley boy named Fabien learns that safety is only borrowed time. Raised among fields and family obligations, he carries a sword more from necessity than ambition-until war takes aim at everything he loves.

Whispers of a brotherhood reach him: the Temple of the Knights, keepers of an older oath-Truth. Justice. Honor. Loyalty. Drawn by their code, Fabien steps from the furrows into a harsher training ground under grim masters and brighter ideals. Steel meets sweat. Doubt meets discipline. And a farm boy's guard-dog devotion hardens into a knight's resolve.

Beyond the mountains, the Elniri machine grinds forward-wolf-helmed generals, clever governors, and caravans of soldiers who do not stop. In the shadows, wizards with courteous smiles and hidden purposes test the balance between mercy and power. Between the clash of empires and the ache of a single promise, Fabien must choose who he is before he can choose what he'll fight for.

Conquerors: Killing the Emperor is the second volume in a sweeping saga of invasion and resistance-where love, oath, and destiny collide-and where one young man's beginnings set the line between a conquered future and a defended home.