A novel with a vast world, blending alternate history with real historical elements. It features mechs, "contract slaves," and divisions between the upper, middle, and lower classes of society. Everything east of the Alps is considered the East, and everything west is the West. The two sides have been waging war since ancient times. To seize the East's resources, the West invented armor suits to stand against it. But the East's ultimate armor suits completely outclass those of the West, making another world war inevitable. It will be a catastrophe.
The main cast is ordered to join the invasion of the East, launched by the Western nations. In the end, they die on the battlefield, while the war between the two sides rages on...
