Non Serviam

<p><strong>Expressing emotion is prohibited by law in the city state of Vencenza.</strong></p><p>Beneath its tyrannical shadow Giorgianna a deranged former playwright turned <strong>political fugitive</strong> flees a brothel to <strong>seek justice</strong> for the murder of a beloved friend.</p><p>When the last remnants of her bloodline are reaped by the incorrigible Minister of Dominion Giorgianna's crooked path to retribution crosses with Vencenza's Machiavellian <strong>revolutionary hellbent on regime overturn</strong>.</p><p>All the while the weight of unending tragedy erodes Giorgianna's psyche into a vengeful bloodlust plagued by cabbalistic visions hinting at <strong>an ever-darker face of the violent Powers That Be.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>The first in a </em><strong><em>grimdark political mystery X dystopian gothic fantasy duology</em></strong><em> </em>NON SERVIAM<em> is written with a unique experimental style in the spirit of poetry art cinema and classics--suffused with visceral symbolism lush archaic-esque </em><strong><em>purple prose</em></strong><em> and philosophical ponderings aimed at interrogating totalitarianism colonial legacy and state violence. Venice Sardinia and the Etruscan Civilisation inspire its vividly intricate queernormative setting.</em></p><p>The paperback edition features 25 <strong>illustrations</strong> by the author Sfarda L. Gül as well as one illustration each by Ay?e-Mira Ya??n Nadia Sampellegrini and Sophia Arnaout.</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 types<em> (1st person limited; 3rd person limited; 2nd person limited </em>every other chapter<em> for the first </em>~10%<em> of the book; all past tense)) and features </em><strong>very dense indulgent metaphorical poetic prose</strong> <em>something which some readers may find detracts from immersion for them.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Content Warnings</strong>: government oppression death graphic gore self-injury mental illness sex trafficking sexual harassment police brutality violence against women and trans-identifying peoples birth-related trauma gun violence religion classism discussions of sexual violence (<em>humans minors corpses</em>) child abuse workplace violence divorce smoking (<em>tobacco and opium</em>) alcohol mention of intravenous drug abuse surgical procedures and needles (<em>singular instance</em>) fires and burns strong language.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>ALL ROYALTIES</strong> <strong>earned </strong>from the title are <strong>donated </strong>to <em>Doctors Without Borders</em> the <em>Kurdish Red Crescent</em> and <em>All For Armenia</em>.</p>