Beyond

Escape tyranny with a tiny, bucolic Duchy in a long-awaited new fantasy series. Duke Kordas Valdemar anticipates the Empire's leaders will oppress them, as they increasingly refuse to leave them alone. With his father's help, Kordas set out to gather magicians to protect the Duchy from tyranny. As mages harness the power of dark magics, a breakthrough offers a way to evacuate everyone willing to leave before it's too late. But can Kordas buy enough time to flee, or will the Emperor invade to strip them of everything worth and send its conscripted people into the front lines of the Imperial wars?