The Weakest Human Built the Strongest Army

In a kingdom where fangs, claws, and bloodlines decide a person's worth, a pure human is barely worth counting. So when Alden Marr is sent to the outer wall as disposable bait, everyone expects him to die before dawn. He doesn't. While stronger soldiers lose themselves to panic, instinct, and chaos, Alden sees what no one else sees-the shape of the battlefield. The weak point in the wall. The hidden path of the enemy.
The one order that can keep the line from breaking. But surviving the night wins him no glory. It only makes him dangerous. Given a worthless patrol made of the kingdom's leftovers-an overlooked rabbit courier, a steady bear defender, a brilliant lizard mechanic, and other soldiers no one expects to matter-Alden is handed the kind of mission designed to fail. Yet the farther he goes into the frontier, the more he uncovers a truth far worse than enemy beasts.
The kingdom is not collapsing because its people are weak. It is rotting from a system built to rank lives, bury history, and sacrifice the expendable so the powerful can stay comfortable. To survive, Alden must turn castoffs into a force the battlefield cannot ignore. He must outthink commanders who would rather erase him than reward him, expose secrets hidden inside the ancient relay towers, and fight a war against both monsters and the order that created them.
Perfect for readers who love military fantasy, tactical combat, army-building, underdog heroes, beastfolk worlds, dark epic fantasy, and political conspiracy, this is a fast-paced fantasy novel about the boy the kingdom threw away-and the army that may tear its lies apart. He was sent to die because he was the weakest human alive. What happens when he becomes the one commander no one can afford to lose?