This preview continues directly from Book One: The Quiet Fall. Major story and character developments are revealed. Readers should complete Book One before proceeding.
Captivity and Defiance
Lazarus Whitfield arrives in Krashnov seeking allies, but the moment he steps onto foreign soil, the ground shifts beneath him. What begins as a search for support becomes a sudden loss of freedom, trapping him inside a brutal mountain prison where identity, purpose, and safety are stripped away. Every day is survival under watchful eyes, where trust is rare and hope carries a cost.
Foreign Lands follows Lazarus as he confronts a province ruled by fear and shifting loyalties. Cut off from home and forced to navigate a system designed to break him, he must decide who he is when every choice has consequences beyond the prison walls. His journey begins with captivity—but what follows reaches far further than Krashnov expects.