D.J. Molles

Nothing has gone according to plan. To Captain Lee Harden, Project Hometown feels like a distant dream and the completion of his mission seems unattainable. Wounded and weaponless, he has stumbled upon a group of survivors that seems willing to help. But a tragedy in the group causes a deep rift to come to light and forces him into action. In the chaos of the world outside, Lee is pursued by a new threat: someone who will stop at nothing to get what he has. "The Remaining: Aftermath" is the second book in the popular "The Remaining" series. The third book is on the way.

From New York Times bestselling author D.J. Molles comes a brand new, action-packed, fantasy adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat. What is the price of magic? Not the magic of tricks and illusions, but the kind that heats cities, powers armies, and transforms continents. Magic that forges empires. The Brannic Empire owes its existence to this magic and for those in power, no price is too great. Even when that price is their own children. For it is the ashes of those with magical abilities that the Church of Alchemy harvests to fuel this machine of empire. So the furnaces burn, and the empire grows. And they call it progress. Trying to escape a lifetime of regrets--and outrun his own demons--veteran soldier Lochled Thatcher embarks on the Fourth Crusade to Leftland, a country rich in magic. Desperate to save her brothers, Rony joins Lochled's squad, only to discover that war is very different from all the songs and fancy speeches. As politics and power clash, Kayna, a Seeker, and Ord, a priest of the Church of Alchemy, find their foundations of loyalty and faith shaken and crumbling. In this theatre of chaos, magic, and treachery, soldier and priest alike will find their humanity in as much danger as their lives. Will they lose themselves to cruelty and deception? Or can one good action reverse the course of generations of evil? A bold, brutal look at war and belief, A Harvest of Ash and Blood is a sweeping epic fantasy perfect for fans of The Witcher and Joe Abercrombie.

In the beginning, the gods destroyed the world. Since then, the demigods have been using humanity to fight an endless civil war. Humans dutifully slaughtering other humans, battle after battle. For years, Perry McGown has made his living off the spent ammunition from those bloody battlefields. But Perry has a secret. He’s a deserter. He should be fighting the war instead of cleaning it up. Luckily, his fellow crew members don’t ask a lot of questions, because if anyone found out, he’d be executed. However, an incident in a barroom goes too far, landing Perry behind bars and sentenced to death. Through a flurry of gunfire and blood, Perry finds himself on the run with two of his least favorite a girl named Teran who does ask too many questions, and a gleefully violent ex-legionnaire named Stuber. While being pursued by a ruthless demigod, Perry is forced to confront demons from the past. but ends up uncovering truths about his heritage that have been buried for decades. The more Perry learns, the more dangerous his journey becomes. Because the truth about Perry could break the gods. --------------------------- “Breaking Gods is one of those books I couldn’t put down. Molles filled the pages with gritty, intense action that drove the story to a satisfying conclusion and left me eager for more.” – Jason Anspach, bestselling author of Galaxy’s Edge. "Leave it to DJ Molles to change the genre with a breakneck action novel that had me turning the pages while thinking, why the hell didn't I write this!" --Nicholas Sansbury Smith, NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author of the Hell Divers and Extinction Cycle series.

This is the destiny of those who stand for others. Their honor will be bought in blood and pain. The Camp Ryder Hub is broken. Lee is nowhere to be found, and his allies are scattered across the state, each of them learning that their missions will not be as easy as they thought. Inside the walls of Camp Ryder, a silent war is brewing, between those few that still support Lee's vision of rebuilding, and the majority that support Jerry's desire for isolation. But this war will not remain silent for long. And in this savage world, everyone will have to make a choice. To keep their morals. Or keep their lives.This is the fourth novel in D.J. Molles's bestselling series: Book 1: "The Remaining"Book 2: "The Remaining: Aftermath"Book 3: "The Remaining: Refugees"Book 4: "The Remaining: Fractured"Novella 1: "The Remaining: Trust"Novella 2: "The Remaining: Faith"

It’s been three years since Lee Harden emerged from his bunker into a world gone mad.In the United Eastern States, Lee and his team of battle-hardened operatives walk a tightrope of survival. Their To keep their fledgling society safe from the creatures beyond their gates and from the enemies within.Then, an ambush in hostile territory reveals a traitor in their midst.Lee is left barely clinging to life.Wounded and on the run, Lee and his team race to uncover the leak before it’s too late.Through a background of destruction, betrayal, and newly-evolved apex predators, they must stay one step ahead of a ruthless organization heading their way……an organization that has allied with someone who wants Lee dead, and the United Eastern States demolished.But how do you stay ahead of an enemy that knows every move you make?---**The Lee Harden Series is part of The Remaining Universe. It falls chronologically after The Remaining Series Book 6: Extinction.**After all six books in the Lee Harden Series have been read, the next chronological book is The A Lee Harden Novel.

Hatred and greed scream loud, but the truth only ever whispers.On the day the Fourth Crusade departs for Leftland, things are happening in the city of Bransport. Things that will shake the foundations of the Brannic Empire.In the House of Draeids, a girl named Vera comes of age and is sent to make her final sacrifice—to be burned alive, so that the Church of Alchemy can use her magical ashes to fuel their war machines, and all their so-called “progress.” But just before she meets her fate, she discovers that she’s different than all the other draeids.Elsewhere in the city of Bransport, the Mad Queen, Annistis Fyrngelt, rots in a tower. Usurped by her cousin, her entire life is contained within the iron bars of her prison. That is until a band of outlaws blows a hole in the tower and frees her.Pursued by the might of the Empire she once ruled, Annistis flees into the swamps of Fenland, determined to reclaim her throne, or die trying. But she’s caught in a swirling mix of competing ideologies and political machinations, and the only way she can hope to raise an army is to make promises she can’t possibly keep.In Leftland, Rony Hirdman becomes the sergeant over a squad of scouts that want nothing to do with her. And sergeants that aren’t liked by their men have a habit of dying quickly. If she wants to avoid an axe in the back of her head, she’ll need to earn their respect by running faster, working harder, and fighting meaner than everyone else. But if she keeps slaughtering the innocent natives of Leftland, she might get the respect of her men, but will she lose her soul in the process?And on the far side of that mysterious continent, Lochled Thatcher awakes to find his mortal wounds healed by the very people he’d been sent to kill. The Tickers have shown him mercy. But it will come at a cost. Because these Tickers want Lochled to teach them how to wage war as brutally as the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade. And that is a price that Lochled is unsure he’s willing to pay.Lines will be crossed. But that’s war. And this war is only getting started.________________________The Orphan and the Queen is the second installment in the all new epic military fantasy series Ashes of Eormun.ASHES OF EORMUN, Season 1Book 1: A Harvest of Ash & Blood (2023)Book 2: The Orphan and the Queen (2024)Book 3: The Breath That Breaks the Stone (Fall 2024)

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