




The week the hunt turns personal. A gunman opens fire on the parliament's ballgame and for one morning the kingdom's quarrel goes quiet; Donarudo stands at the wounded knight's hospital door and sends a prayer instead of a war report. The truce lasts a day. Then comes the chapter's thesis, typed under split storm light: investigated for firing the marshal by the man who told him to fire the marshal. The hunt tightens. The aura only rises.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 105. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…