Ridge - Shawn P. B. Robinson

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Résumé :
A nation built on honor stands at the edge of a vicious threat. General Rezin Hamel serves a people known for discipline, mercy, and an unwavering moral code. As deadly beasts press against their borders, he makes an unthinkable choice-he disgraces himself and leaves behind everything he has sworn to protect. Beyond the empty wilderness lies a civilization hidden behind walls of secrecy, a nation built on cruelty. Slavery is common. Violence is celebrated. Power rules without conscience. Alone and operating in secret, Hamel enters this hostile world to uncover what is truly moving against his people. What he discovers will test his resolve and the limits of his strategy. Failure means extinction for his people. Success could reshape nations. Ridge: Day One begins a heroic epic fantasy series of honor, infiltration, and strategic war against hidden evil....

Sommaire:
The darkest hour is just before dawn. But with bloodthirsty Beasts cutting brief lives shorter, can one man beat the ticking clock? Rezin Hamel will protect his people until his dying breath. Resolving to carry on past every dearly departed loved one, the forty-four-year-old General has no idea how he's lived over a decade beyond the average life expectancy. But when he's shamed and cast out for an out-of-character act, he sets out to end the constant attacks from creatures staining the walls with death. Searching for answers in society's seedy underbelly, Hamel is shocked by the conditions ravaging the lower rungs of the city. But the strategic genius's quest takes a staggering turn when he's blindsided by a secret that could tear his tight-knit community to shreds. Can Hamel restore his honor and stop the carnage before he's the next one taken by the Dusk? Ridge: Day One is the action-packed first book in the Ridge dystopian thriller series. If you like fantastic worlds, heart-trembling suspense, and twisted surprises, then you'll love Shawn P. B. Robinson's peek behind the Ridge veil. Buy Ridge: Day One to mark the calendar of doom today!...