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'The poorer and more oppressed people are, the weaker they become - until they just refuse to take it any more. Then they will rise up, and the gods help their oppressors.' When Tomas Piety and his Pious Men returned from the war, he just wanted to rebuild his crime empire and look after his people. But the sinister Queen's Men had different ideas and whether he likes it or not, he's now a spy as well. Now, half the city of Ellinburg lies in ashes and the webs of political intrigue are stretching out from the Queen's capital to pull Tomas in. Dannsburg is calling. In Dannsburg the nobility fight with words, not blades, but the results are…

'Praise be to Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows, and blessed be the Ascended Martyr.' Those were the words on lips of the faithful: Blessed be the Ascended Martyr, and woe betide you if you thought otherwise. The word Unbeliever had become a death sentence on the streets in those days. Gangster, soldier, priest. Governor, knight, and above all, Queen's Man. Once, Tomas Piety looked after his men, body and soul, as best he could. Then those who ran his country decided his dark talents would better serve in the corridors of power. Crushed by the power of the Queen's Men and with the Skanian menace rising once more on the streets of…

Реслийский 45-й — один из бесчисленного множества полков, отдающих жизни во имя Повелителя Человечества. Для Империума с его многомиллиардным военным ресурсом они — ничто, всего лишь бесконечно пополняемая рекрутами единица, не получившая в летописях своей золотой страницы. Однако внутри этого полка кроются свои истории и драмы, раскрывающие «маленького человека» внутри монструозной военной машины.

Gangster, soldier, priest. Queen's Man. Governor. Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and Governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country. But when the queen's sudden death sees him summoned him back to the capital, he discovers his boss, Dieter Vogel, Provost Marshal of the Queen's Men, is busy tightening his stranglehold on the country. Just as he once fought for his Pious Men, he must now bend…

В этом мире святость – не пустой звук, а за тонкой пеленой реальности таится нечто такое, с чем даже отъявленные головорезы не хотели бы столкнуться в темном переулке. Война закончилась, и армейский капеллан Томас Благ держит путь домой вместе с остатками своего отряда. Когда-то, еще в мирное время, он заправлял бандой и своих навыков не забыл. Но теперь его криминальная империя разрушилась, родные места захватили чужаки, а люди Эллинбурга – его города – голодают, оставшись без крова и надежды. И тогда Томас вместе с другими потрепанными жизнью ветеранами решает вернуть то, что потерял. Любыми средствами. Но начав борьбу за передел…

Война закончилась, и армейский капеллан Томас Благ держит путь домой вместе с остатками своего отряда. Когда-то, еще в мирное время, он заправлял бандой и своих навыков не забыл. Но теперь его криминальная империя разрушилась, родные места захватили чужаки, а люди Эллинбурга — его города — голодают, оставшись без крова и надежды. И тогда Томас вместе с другими потрепанными жизнью ветеранами решает вернуть то, что потерял. Любыми средствами. Но начав борьбу за передел власти, он попадает в хитроумную сеть политических интриг и понимает, что ставки в затеянной им игре будут гораздо выше, чем казалось на первый взгляд. Ведь в этом мире…

'Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food and the plague. What did Her Majesty think was going to happen?' Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg. But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg - his people - have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother Jochan and his…

Tomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series. People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they can't take it anymore. And when they rise up...may the gods help their oppressors. When Tomas Piety returned from the war, he just wanted to rebuild his empire of crime with his gang of Pious Men. But his past as a spy for the Queen's Men drew him back in and brought him more power than he ever imagined. Now, with half of his city in ashes and the Queen's Men…

Elijan III has all but fallen to Chaos. Servants of the Dark Gods swarm across the world, and only a small contingent of Imperial forces remain – but as long as the Aquila flies, hope remains. And while pilot Salvatoria Grant's Valkyrie flies, she will keep fighting to return the world to Imperial control. Tasked with transporting an Astra Militarum general who may be the key to winning the war, Grant's mission takes an unpleasant turn and she finds herself in a situation out of her control and our of her comfort zone… but one that could save Elijan III.

The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg--his people--have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his with help from Anne, his brother, Jochan, and his new gang: the Pious Men. But when he finds himself dragged into a web of political intrigue once again, everything gets more complicated. As the Pious Men fight shadowy foreign infiltrators in the back-street taverns, brothels, and gambling dens of Tomas's old life, it becomes clear: The war…