The Realm of Caesar: A Song of Steel and Snow

Title: The Empire of Kaiser: A Song of Steel and Snow Synopsis An engineering specialist in military industry wakes up as the “useless second son” of a noble family attending Kaiser’s military academy. The family crest is a silver snow wolf. Legend says the family was hunting on the snowy plains even before the empire was founded. Around his neck hangs a wolf fang from the family’s sacred White Wolf Tomb. Its previous owner was the greatest military strategist in the empire’s history. During a war-game exercise, he declares that the imperial fleet is doomed to lose. The room erupts in disbelief. Eight months later, the guns at the East Sea Strait prove him right. From then on, the city of St. Pietro remembers this young man: He establishes a political department to enforce military discipline, then slips into campfires wearing old soldiers’ clothes to hear what they really think. He remembers every soldier’s name and can calculate the outcome of every battle. He builds factories and establishes banks, moving the empire’s industry into the Ural Mountains before its collapse. In Imperial Year 317, near the end of the great war, the front lines crumble, order collapses, and crime spreads. The empire faces its darkest hour. He rides into the capital by night with his undefeated Steel Snow Legion, protecting the royal family and restoring order. “The empire’s ship is taking on water. Go patch it up. Don’t just stand on deck and complain.” Years later, at the surrender ceremony, the Iron Eagle Empire’s marshal asks him how he managed to win. “Courage, sacrifice,” he says, rubbing the wolf fang against his chest, “and a little foresight.”