At the 47% mark in the ebook we finally learn there’s overconscription for the Emperor’s wars, but…

kuttithevangu : The founder of Valdemar is trying to evacuate his people from the Empire via magic portals but for once Mercedes didn’t start the book with ten chapters of highly detailed degradation so you have no sense of the stakes if they fail to evacuate + it does kind of make it seem like he founded a new kingdom and the new kingdom was worse At the 47% mark in the ebook we finally learn…