Ink Armor

In an empire in another world, powerful clans have usurped the government, and imperial authority has fallen into decline. The clans' retainers hold the empire's fate in their hands at court. Twenty years ago, a revolt by the imperial faction sent the entire family of a lowly Ministry of War clerk to the executioner's block. Years later, the lone survivor, having changed his name and identity, once again gains power by winning the clans' trust. The man draws his blade and roars his vengeance at the great clans of the Nine Lands. A hundred thousand warriors in black armor gather beneath his banner. This time, he will make every corrupt official pay, even if it costs him his life.