He failed the exam. Two days later, he was drafted into a war the world doesn’t know exists.
Nineteen-year-old Lin Qingyu thought disappointing his parents was the worst thing that could happen to him.
Then he watched forty soldiers bleed to bring down two black-armored invaders.
For decades, these invaders have descended from the sky without warning. Their landings are hidden. Their battlefields are erased. And a secret military fights them with weapons and powers the rest of humanity has never seen.
The public believes the world is at peace.
The soldiers of Frontline Zero know better.
The enemy is appearing more often. The casualties are rising. And no one knows whether these attacks are isolated incidents—or the opening moves of an invasion humanity cannot survive.
Lin survived.
But he witnessed a battle he was never meant to see.
And witnesses are not allowed to walk away.
Drafted into the secret war, Lin enters a world where recruits are expendable, casualties are expected, and survival must be earned in blood.
But something vanished from that first battlefield.
Something powerful.
Something that is now inside him.
The army believes it has drafted another expendable soldier.
It may have drafted the one recruit who can change the war.
Note: This is the revised and updated 2026 edition of Blade of the Firmament. If you purchased an earlier edition, you do not need to purchase this edition again.
Genre: Science Fiction
Nineteen-year-old Lin Qingyu thought disappointing his parents was the worst thing that could happen to him.
Then he watched forty soldiers bleed to bring down two black-armored invaders.
For decades, these invaders have descended from the sky without warning. Their landings are hidden. Their battlefields are erased. And a secret military fights them with weapons and powers the rest of humanity has never seen.
The public believes the world is at peace.
The soldiers of Frontline Zero know better.
The enemy is appearing more often. The casualties are rising. And no one knows whether these attacks are isolated incidents—or the opening moves of an invasion humanity cannot survive.
Lin survived.
But he witnessed a battle he was never meant to see.
And witnesses are not allowed to walk away.
Drafted into the secret war, Lin enters a world where recruits are expendable, casualties are expected, and survival must be earned in blood.
But something vanished from that first battlefield.
Something powerful.
Something that is now inside him.
The army believes it has drafted another expendable soldier.
It may have drafted the one recruit who can change the war.
Note: This is the revised and updated 2026 edition of Blade of the Firmament. If you purchased an earlier edition, you do not need to purchase this edition again.
Genre: Science Fiction
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