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Blood Road: A War's Edge Short Story (Berserkers) (War's Edge: Berserkers)
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 28 2026
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
War doesn't change you. It chooses who you become.
Berserker Private Harvey Cal Callum came to Harvest Reach looking for purpose. What he found was Sergeant Rourke-a quiet tank commander whose calm voice hides a predator's instincts.
Inside the armored belly of a gravtank, Cal is drawn into a world where morality erodes grain by grain, where combat demands compromise, and where the man teaching him to survive may be the same man pulling him toward the abyss. Patrol after patrol, he confronts not just the enemy in the fields but the shifting landscape inside his own mind.
As the campaign grinds on, Cal begins to understand the grim reality behind Rourke's methods-and the darker truth taking shape within himself. Some roads don't just change you; they take something you can never get back.
From USA Today Bestseller Ryan W. Aslesen comes a gritty, unflinching military sci-fi thriller about mentorship, indoctrination, and the razor-thin line between surviving a war and becoming what it needs you to be.
Part of the critically acclaimed Berserkers series, Blood Road is a gripping standalone short story set in the War's Edge universe. Fans of Hammer's Slammers, Old Man's War, and Starship Troopers will feel right at home.
Note: This is a short story presented in a slim paperback edition for readers who prefer physical books.
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