Interregnum

Name: Interregnum
Rating: 4.3 (2714 reviews)

by Simon Turney Book 1 in the Tales of the Empire series.

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Twenty years of civil war have broken the Empire after the extinction of its ruling line. Provincial armies, warlords and surviving officials compete to restore order on their own terms, while ordinary communities are forced to choose between unstable protectors.

A group of soldiers and exiles becomes entangled in the struggle to rebuild legitimate government. Alliances shift as quickly as borders, and the difference between liberator and conqueror depends on who controls food, roads and fortresses. The novel establishes the world of Tales of the Empire as a place where Roman-style institutions survive even after the centre has collapsed.