The latest novel in the New York Times-bestselling series begun with
Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies
Distressed.
Young Cayleb Ahrmahk has accomplished things few people could even dream
of. Not yet even thirty years old, he's won the most crushing naval
victories in human history. He's smashed a hostile alliance of no less
than five princedoms and won the hand of the beautiful young Queen
Sharleyan of Chisholm. Cayleb and Sharleyan have created the Charisian
Empire, the greatest naval power in the history of Safehold, and they've
turned Charis into a place of refuge for all who treasure freedom.
Their success may prove short-lived. The Church of God Awaiting, which
controls most of Safehold, has decreed their destruction. Mother
Church's entire purpose is to prevent the very things to which Charis is
committed. Since the first attempt to crush the heretics failed, the
Church has no choice but to adopt some of the hated Charisian
innovations for themselves. Soon a mighty fleet will sail against
Cayleb, destroying everything in its path.
But there are still matters about which the Church knows nothing,
including Cayleb and Sharleyan's adviser, friend, and guardian- the
mystic warrior-monk named Merlin Athrawes. Merlin knows all about
battles against impossible odds, because he is in fact the cybernetic
avatar of a young woman named Nimue Alban, who died a thousand years
before. As Nimue, Merlin saw the entire Terran Federation go down in
fire and slaughter at the hands of a foe it could not defeat. He knows
that Safehold is the last human planet in existence, and that the stasis
the Church was created to enforce will be the human race's death
sentence if it is allowed to stand.
The juggernaut is rumbling down on Charis, but Merlin Athrawes and a
handful of extraordinary human beings stand in its path. The Church is
about to discover just how potent the power of human freedom truly is,
in David Weber's A Mighty Fortress.
Safehold Series
- Off Armageddon Reef
- By Schism Rent Asunder
- By Heresies Distressed
**4. A Mighty Fortress
**5. How Firm A Foundation - Midst Toil and Tribulation
- Like A Mighty Army
- Hell's Foundations Quiver
- At the Sign of Triumph
