Lucille von Shard: A Novel of Valor and Shadows
By Denny Flowers

A disillusioned Imperial propagandist is pulled from obscurity and thrust into the heart of a crumbling legend’s final stand—where stories no longer suffice, and survival demands truth.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT

This novel dives deep into the overlooked gears of the Imperium’s war machine—those who shape narratives, build legends, and ignite belief among the countless ranks of humanity’s defenders. Through the eyes of a lowly scribe and the woman he turned into an icon, it’s a tale of myth, identity, and redemption at the edge of annihilation.

THE STORY

Lucille von Shard is the Imperium’s soaring symbol of heroism: a decorated flight commander, the savior of Bacchus, and a pious figurehead of the Emperor’s might. But behind her fame lies the pen of Kile Simlex, a forgotten Imperial propagandist whose words built her legend from the safety of a cell-like office.

That is, until a mysterious vid-message—seemingly from Shard herself—calls him into the open. What awaits him is not the valiant heroine of his tales, but a worn and battle-scarred woman stationed on Deighton, a world now in rebellion. Her faith shaken, her will eroded, Lucille von Shard faces a terrifying adversary: an elite xenos mercenary unlike any she’s encountered.

With the Imperium’s grip on Deighton slipping, Simlex must do more than write victory into existence—he must reignite the soul of a fading icon before her legend ends in defeat. But how do you resurrect a myth, when the myth no longer believes in itself?

A stirring character drama set against the backdrop of rebellion, duels, and the machinery of war, Lucille von Shard explores the cost of heroism, the power of stories, and the fragility of those we place on pedestals.

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