The Last Shield

The frontier has fallen. The kingdom doesn’t know it yet.

After thirty years guarding the mountain passes, Commander Doric is the last man standing—wounded, haunted, and alone—when the barbarian horde finally breaks through. With a shattered arm and enemies all around, Doric must cross hostile territory to deliver a warning to the capital before it’s too late.

But the road is long and the kingdom’s defenders are gone. Along the way, Doric gathers a desperate band of farmers, smiths, and scared villagers, forging them into a fighting force with nothing but grit, fury, and the hard lessons of war.

As he trains his unlikely militia, Doric must reckon with the legacy of a lifetime of killing—and face the terrifying truth that the kingdom he bled for may already be lost.