The Sword War

Simon Bonaventure won the Ascent of Angels. He became the first Dun ever raised to Seraphim. Raphael made sure everyone knew about it. Not out of justice—out of strategy. A lowborn in the ruling class is the most powerful argument against revolution that exists: proof the system rewards merit, proof the Dun should stop complaining and start climbing. A year inside the Higher Angel hierarchy, and it's working. Simon is starting to forget what he came to change. Then Layla Temperatus—sister of Raphael, mother of the heir Simon killed to win his freedom—decides a Dun among angels is an unforgivable sacrilege. And launches a war to correct it. The Sword doesn't want reform. It wants purges. It will poison entire districts and vent others into space to make an example of the lowborn who dared rise. The only force capable of stopping them is Raphael. To save his people, Simon has to stand with the regime he swore to destroy. Class war, civil war, and a reckoning with what winning actually costs. For listeners of Red Rising and The Hunger Games.