“The Scythe and the Sword at the Edge of the Empire” is a novel by Yan Badevsky, the tenth installment in the cycle “Mechanics of the Impossible.” Genres: bojár anime, reincarnations into magical worlds, martial fantasy.
Some want to seize my lands. Others dream of taking revenge for old wrongs. Still others have labeled me a upstart and are sure they can cause trouble for me without consequences. The fourths…
Although no—there are no fourths anymore.
Neither the first, nor the second, nor the fourth.
Because the most convincing diplomacy is that of the scythe and the sword.