Haelend's Ballad - a grimdark fantasy/steampunk by Ian Conrey

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“Some call me Murderer, others call me Lord. I've been called Savior and Enslaver. But no one has ever called me Child.”

In a tale that explores some of the deeper questions about life, suffering, and morality, a young man signs his own death warrant when he joins an already failing militia. A teenage girl is haunted by her childhood abuse and begins to crave the very things she hates. A childless mother finds herself on the run as a convicted murderer. Yet they are all unaware that their own fates are tied to a young orphan who has drowned, come back to life, and will be the death of everyone he meets.