Edict of Ashes

In the war-torn Republic of Norvick, mild-mannered clerical officer Edmund Voss processed deportation lists for the Holy Order of the Pure Flame—a theocratic regime that masked ethnic cleansing as divine purification. Twenty years later, in a peacetime tribunal, Voss insists he was merely a cog, a man who never pulled a trigger. But as the court peels back layers of bureaucratic routine, it uncovers a faith that sanctified murder and a soul that chose comfortable silence over moral awakening.