The Crisis of Power
The enemy is strong. There are a lot of them, and they are pressing the attack forward. Me, I don’t have enough supplies and weapons for my army. Heck, I don’t even have an army to speak of. Corruption is rampant, the government is in free fall, and rioting mobs run free. Thievery is rampant to the point that even my old friend Beko is left speechless. Because it is not his own doing.
But the worst of it is they want me to pull out of that unfortunate place altogether—and save face too. Because the Empire never abandons its friends, does it? Jeez, it may well be easier to just win. And change the regime while I am at it.
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Arthur Stone is the pen name of one Arthur Smirnov, a prolific author in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.
Born in 1973 in Donetsk, Ukraine, Arthur worked as a geologist, and also in the environmental sector and industrial archeology all over the world. He lives and works in Ukraine.
Arthur began writing fiction in 2005 on a bet, and thus his addiction was born. His first book was published in 2006, and by the middle of 2021 he had published a total of 65 books in Russian, English and German-speaking markets.
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