If Carthage had won the Second Punic War, would it have treated the Romans to the same burned buildings and genocide it received? Or would a different empire have arisen from the culture that invented the alphabet, advanced mathematics, and ruled the oceans?
240 years later, a more benevolent and intelligent civilization burgeons into an industrial society encompassing Europe and half of Africa. But it also brings a different set of faults and failings.
Among the oligarchic empire of Qart Hadasht is Rakh al’Gadriel, the son of a senator, who struggles to prove himself in a society that glorifies title before achievement. That all changes when he receives his first military assignment. But is it a punishment, or a proving ground?