Introduction: In the grimdark future of the 41st millennium, some flames only burn brightly because everything around them is consumed by darkness.Mira is one Fire Warrior among thousands鈥攁nother flame in the vast machinery of the Greater Good. He knows his place. He knows his duty. And he knows the Ethereals would not call for war unless it is necessary.But when a diplomatic mission on a remote Gue鈥檒a world ends in slaughter, the Fire Caste is forced to step in. What should have been a simple pacification becomes something far darker as towering, archaic war machines tear through Tau defenses, and Mira and his sept are forced to confront the brutal reality of humanity鈥檚 zealotry.As battle looms, Mira soon learns that war is nothing like the simulations that shaped him. The enemy鈥檚 ancient machines refuse to die, and on this distant world, the Greater Good demands sacrifice. Because duty is simple, Mira realizes鈥攂ut survival is not....