Tales of the Spinward March: Descent

Pious member of the Faithful. Privileged son of a War Station Governor and a Senior Ambassador who is an intimate of the Khan. At fourteen, his parents’ divorce due to his father’s sentencing of Saed’s friends to the horrible Andfg punishment for a youthful transgression. The divorce disgraces his father; father and son are sent into Imperial exile on the Planet Daurdin IV. Soon, Saed commits a series of crimes, leading up to murder and a sentence of life imprisonment. A choice is offered; join an Army penal battalion for thirty years or live out his life in prison with no chance of release. Saed’s beliefs hold military service as haraam, forbidden to the Faithful. Then, on his eighteenth birthday, he is assaulted to near death… With Saed’s death, he is reborn as Svere; professional soldier, leader and link to the future of the Empire foreshadowed to Angkor Khan on his deathbed five thousand years in the past…
ASIN: 1095391224
VSKU: BVV.1095391224.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:winnie, david c.
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book has little sign of wear or use