Captain Kyle Walters knows war, duty, and the cost of following orders. He knows nothing of Aethelberia, the medieval realm into which he has been inexplicably transported.

Stranded in a land ruled by the oppressive Temple of Yaldabaothia, Kyle joins Queen Faye’Lyn and an uprising fighting to break its dominion. But this is not his war, and the line between liberation and conquest is never as clear as those holding the weapons pretend.

As alliances fracture and the rebellion gathers strength, Kyle must decide what he is willing to sacrifice for a kingdom that is not his own, and whether the bloody path before him can ever lead home.