The Black Retinue

Young Earl Urqhart Roikho and his friends didn’t get to rest long after completing the first assignment of the “Imperial Union” organization. The world is at war—blood, dirt, uprisings. The ancient empire, weakened under the blows of conquerors, needs capable fighters. But the nobles who swore loyalty to the Anho line are sent not to the front, but to the capital, where they are to become the Emperor’s guards—while he wages war against the enemies of the state. The young ruler needs military force capable of restraining rebels, traitors, bandits, and corrupt aristocrats from the highest imperial circles. And that force is provided by the graduates of elite military lyceums. “For Anho and the Empire!”—the old battle cry of the Black Retinue guards echoes again, the ones ready to give their lives for their ideals. And among them is Earl Urqhart—another with the soul and mind of a modern person from the planet Earth.