Non Omnis Moriar

<p><strong>The city state of Vencenza rots</strong> and Giorgianna vengeful enlightened an outlaw and witch seeks <strong>blood</strong>-the dues she's owed for the crimes committed against her and those she loves.</p><p></p><p>As summer withers to autumn she is faced with <strong>a deadly quest:</strong> infiltrate the ministerial court unspool the inner circle's darkest secrets and aid the resistance in bringing forth a revolution to finally <strong>break the shackles of tyranny.</strong> All while remaining under pretences amidst <strong>the state's most violent and powerful men.</strong></p><p></p><p>But <strong>explosive tensions</strong> mount among the revolutionaries bodies pile mysteriously in the streets <strong>the church</strong> gains frightening authority and Giorgianna's psyche teeters along its final breaking point-made only worse by <strong>a lovesickness more agonising than hunger.</strong></p><p></p><p>With winter looming upon the horizon <strong>civil war</strong> seems inevitable and love could never be a saviour.</p><p></p><p><strong>How dearly will those dues cost?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>In this second and </em><strong><em>ultimate instalment</em></strong><em> of the grimdark dystopian mystery X gaslamp fantasy duology </em>THE HYPOSTASIS OF DISSENT<em> </em><strong><em>politics</em></strong><em> and </em><strong><em>philosophy</em></strong><em> take centre stage trust is tragically tested and </em><strong><em>dark and bloody magic</em></strong><em> joins the fray of a battle for liberation.</em></p><p></p><p>The paperback edition features several <strong>illustrations</strong> by the author Sfarda L. Gül as well as one illustration each by Ayşe-Mira Yaşın and Nadia Sampellegrini.</p><p></p><p><em>Take note that this book is very heavy on </em>worldbuilding<em> and </em>conlang<em> (including </em>footnotes<em> and </em>several POV styles<em> (1st person limited; 2nd person limited; 3rd person limited; all past tense)) and features </em>very dense prose<em> something which some readers may find detracts from immersion for them.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Content Warnings</strong>: government oppression death graphic gore self-injury mental illness police brutality violence against women and trans-identifying peoples child death and murder human experimentation religion and religious violence gun violence classism discussions of sexual violence (<em>humans minors</em>) suicide smoking (<em>tobacco</em>) alcohol discussion of intravenous drug abuse surgical procedures and needles fires sex (<em>open-door non-graphic</em>) strong language.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>ALL ROYALTIES</strong> earned from the title are donated to <em>Doctors Without Borders</em> the <em>Kurdish Red Crescent</em> and <em>All for Armenia</em>.</p>