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The Monk Who Stood
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ISBN13: 9798191370927
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 18 2026
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.96 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 18 2026
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.96 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
After a giant warrior monk is defeated by an exiled prince on a moonlit bridge, he abandons a sacred quest built on blood to follow the only man who ever spared his dignity, only to learn that conquering a kingdom may be easier than surviving the brother who rules it.
Goro Kage has spent twelve years taking swords from killers. Nine hundred ninety-nine blades hang beneath Ash Bell Temple, each one named, each one offered toward a promise he no longer trusts. The thousandth should end his penance.
Goro Kage has spent twelve years taking swords from killers. Nine hundred ninety-nine blades hang beneath Ash Bell Temple, each one named, each one offered toward a promise he no longer trusts. The thousandth should end his penance.
Instead, it defeats him.
Ren Akatsuki is a laughing exile with a hunted name, a ruined clan, and a sword too quick for hatred. When the slight young prince brings the feared warrior monk to his knees on Moonbridge, he does something no victor has ever done for Goro. He leaves his dignity intact.
Bound first by humiliation and then by choice, Goro and Ren cross a country being consumed by civil war. They gather shrine women, deserters, thieves, farmers, and orphaned children into an army official maps refuse to acknowledge. Together they break sieges, humble generals, and turn mercy into a weapon their enemies cannot predict. Their friendship becomes the one thing neither temple nor throne can command.
But Ren's greatest danger is not the warlord across the sea. It is Masanori, the elder brother whose rebellion Ren was born to serve. Masanori needs Ren's victories, fears the soldiers who sing his name, and believes love gives him the right to decide what his younger brother must sacrifice.
When peace finally comes, the new government declares its finest general a traitor. Hunted through plague streets and winter passes, Ren and Goro are stripped of rank, army, and every easy hope of survival. At a lonely house beside the Black Reed River, one brother must decide what his strength is truly for. The other must decide whether a life can be conquered after a kingdom is lost.
Some legends are written by rulers. This one survives because the dead were loved too fiercely to remain silent.
Ren Akatsuki is a laughing exile with a hunted name, a ruined clan, and a sword too quick for hatred. When the slight young prince brings the feared warrior monk to his knees on Moonbridge, he does something no victor has ever done for Goro. He leaves his dignity intact.
Bound first by humiliation and then by choice, Goro and Ren cross a country being consumed by civil war. They gather shrine women, deserters, thieves, farmers, and orphaned children into an army official maps refuse to acknowledge. Together they break sieges, humble generals, and turn mercy into a weapon their enemies cannot predict. Their friendship becomes the one thing neither temple nor throne can command.
But Ren's greatest danger is not the warlord across the sea. It is Masanori, the elder brother whose rebellion Ren was born to serve. Masanori needs Ren's victories, fears the soldiers who sing his name, and believes love gives him the right to decide what his younger brother must sacrifice.
When peace finally comes, the new government declares its finest general a traitor. Hunted through plague streets and winter passes, Ren and Goro are stripped of rank, army, and every easy hope of survival. At a lonely house beside the Black Reed River, one brother must decide what his strength is truly for. The other must decide whether a life can be conquered after a kingdom is lost.
Some legends are written by rulers. This one survives because the dead were loved too fiercely to remain silent.
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