r-o-o-k-i-e

For nearly two decades, the western edge of the universe has burned, set ablaze by the mad Tatan warlord Temujin Ganzorig and his unending mutant horses. Only the frozen Northmen and the Atlasians have held him back—one with legions of ice, the other with hired blades enough to choke the stars.Yama Kikuchi is one of the latter. A grey-skinned ronin exiled after a failed coup, he survives by serving his adoptive father without question. Order. Duty. Obedience. The pillars that keep him standing.Temujin dies in his sleep, but the fires do not die with him. His son announces a grand tournament: eighteen champions from across the universe, gathered to celebrate a new era.Among them is Jira Kano—the man who crushed Yama’s rebellion and shattered his homeland. Yama abandons duty for revenge, intent on holding Kano’s bleeding head for the universe to see.Beneath the duels and pageantry, something rots inside the khan’s castle, growing like a tumor. As alliances shift and whispers spread, Yama uncovers a conspiracy that could set the frontier ablaze once more.An undead army is rising beneath the castle, loyal only to a khan who preaches peace.Now Yama must choose: remain the obedient samurai he was raised to be—or break the very order he swore to uphold.