The Soldier and the Slave

by Andrew J. Luther

Kied Leele is a traitor to the Undying Empire.

Unable to follow orders that he knew to be wrong, Kied was convicted and imprisoned in a slave mine for betraying his commission as an officer in the Imperial Legion. With the executions of his subordinates who followed him weighing heavily on his soul, Kied expects the remainder of his life to be full of darkness, toil, and suffering.

The Legion—occupying the mountains in the north of the Empire—has rounded up all local civilians while a special team searches for a long-forgotten, buried object of power desired by the Emperor himself. But Kied’s new cellmate, a dangerous giant of a man, seems to know a great deal about this hidden object.

Kied believes that together, they might just be able to stop the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians at the hand of the Imperial military and deny the Emperor his prize. However, they must first escape the slave mine, reach the mountain valleys where the Legion awaits, and content with the Legion’s new Commander.

And Kied doesn’t know if he can trust his companion, a man whose terrible secrets may herald the return of ancient beings long thought dead.

325 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2016

About the author

Andrew J. Luther was born in Toronto, Ontario, and now lives in Burlington, Ontario with his wife and son. He currently works as a communications professional for a multi-national corporation.

You can keep up-to-date with Andrew J. Luther at www.andrewjluther.com or on Twitter @andrewjluther.

Further stories set in the city of Ythis—and in the rest of the Empire—will appear soon.