So after eight years of war, it is not Charis but the Church that stands upon the brink of defeat. Merlin, the cybernetic avatar of a woman dead over 1,000 years, who was determined to break the Church's grip upon the human mind and soul. And it had Merlin Athrawes, last survivor of long-vanished Earth. Who knew that the Church of God Awaiting was a monstrous lie. It had the Brethren of Saint Zherneau, who knew the truth about Safehold's founding. It had a king, a crown prince, and a navy prepared to die where they stood in its defense. How could it possibly resist total destruction? The Church had every reason to be confident of a swift, crushing victory, an object lesson to other rebels.īut Charis had something far more powerful than simple numbers. It boasted less than 2 percent of the total population of Safehold.
Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. The Church of God Awaiting's triumph over Charis was inevitable.
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