Oath That Pierces the Stars

112 years of war. 180,000 lives lost every year. Just numbers—until you become one of them. Sion Verde never wanted to be a soldier. He enlisted for the family allowance, for his mother and sister waiting on a quiet corner of Canale III, nothing more. But the Galactic Federation doesn't care why you came—only that you fight. Dropped into the irradiated ruins of Zechhardt Zwei, his first battle costs him his innocence before it's even begun. Transports burn. Comrades vanish before his eyes. And