In the aftermath of Mark of Prudence, Daros still bears its wounds. The Spire-the vast orbital elevator once hailed as salvation-has become a factory of bondage, powered by conscripted Darosi labor. Captain Goran Minaret receives orders to contain rebellion, but his conscience leads him toward open defiance. Sergeant Zimmer Rogan, once a spy and survivor of abuse, joins him in a mission that challenges every military oath they swore.
And Alwinno, the Darosi mystic-soldier who believes mercy is a debt owed to life itself, reminds them both that obedience without compassion becomes another kind of war. Through alternating first-person accounts, The Mercy of the Wicked completes the Daros War trilogy-a meditation on power, kindness, and the quiet cost of doing what is right when right itself is outlawed.
In the aftermath of Mark of Prudence, Daros still bears its wounds. The Spire-the vast orbital elevator once hailed as salvation-has become a factory of bondage, powered by conscripted Darosi labor. Captain Goran Minaret receives orders to contain rebellion, but his conscience leads him toward open defiance. Sergeant Zimmer Rogan, once a spy and survivor of abuse, joins him in a mission that challenges every military oath they swore.
And Alwinno, the Darosi mystic-soldier who believes mercy is a debt owed to life itself, reminds them both that obedience without compassion becomes another kind of war. Through alternating first-person accounts, The Mercy of the Wicked completes the Daros War trilogy-a meditation on power, kindness, and the quiet cost of doing what is right when right itself is outlawed.