None So Vile 01: The Common Dead
NONE SO VILE # 01: The Common Dead Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The peasant dead were full of hate and petty grievances. Alabaster felt them through the soil – rotting corpses buried in the cold ground, the...
Nightworld 01: Arriving Somewhere
NIGHTWORLD One: Arriving Somewhere Rural Hungary, 2003 Make the choice that scares you. Jaro blew sour air from his cheeks, the buffeting gale from the window of his 4WD rental snatching it in an instant. It was a two hour drive from the nearest...
None So Vile 02: Guns at Dawn
NONE SO VILE # 02: Guns at Dawn Zolfreun, Losaile, 1802. A tactical retreat was a difficult, but beautiful thing to execute. Leon Valoisier stood by his command tent at the edge of the woods, admiring it from afar as his army broke on the Zolfreun...
None So Vile 04: All Things to All People
NONE SO VILE # 04: All Things to All People Zolfreun Manor, Losaile, 1802. Seventeen was too young to lose a leg. Leon sat by the boy's side, the young fox babbling softly to himself, half lost in the...
None So Vile 05: Vultures Above, Lions Below
NONE SO VILE # 05: Vultures Above, Lions Below Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The sun vanished as the gondola passed beneath the bridge, a millennia worth of layered strata rippling past, shadows sinking into the filthy water as they left the light behind....
None So Vile 06: There Will Be Blood
NONE SO VILE # 06: There Will Be Blood Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. Crimson petals rained from the sky. Leon leaned back in his saddle, riding easily as he watched the crowds filter by. The officer corps marched ahead of Leon, his marshals behind. The...
None So Vile 11: New World Order
NONE SO VILE # 11: New World Order Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. The air had a freezing chill to it, misting Marshal Deuxmoise's breath before his muzzle. The Church of the One God blotted out the sky before...
None So Vile 03: Wrong and Ruin
NONE SO VILE # 03: Wrong and Ruin Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. “I truly ought to prepare you for what you are walking into here." The badger's bejewelled outfit rustled and clinked auspiciously as they walked the...
None So Vile: Epilogue
NONE SO VILE # Epilogue Ajaccio Island, New Colonies, 1814. Two Years Later. Leon stood on the edge of the clifface, the salty sea air stinging his eyes and nose as it swirled around him. He stared out from the island, into the sea, the black...
Nightworld 05: Still Alive
# NIGHTWORLD # 05: Still Alive "We're running out of daylight," Kadir said, without looking back. Jaro couldn't resist, looking back to the vampire's castle, looming in the distance. The Godhead's Lament stood silhouetted by the sun, flocks of...
None So Vile 14: Beyond the Barricades
NONE SO VILE # 14: Beyond the Barricades Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. “It's a killing floor, nothing more." Marshal Laurent scoffed at the map, making a point to glare across the table at Director Joachim, who was...
None So Vile 08: We The People
NONE SO VILE # 08: We The People Albedo, Rennaire, 1802. Lord Minister Joachim La Valette stopped in the street, throwing his feathered arms up in exasperation. “By God man, what now!?" He exclaimed. “You make me wait out here much longer, and I'm...