WINGS OF THE SCREAMING SKULL (The War For The Adamite Throne Book 1)

In the Fourth Age, 4213 AC, the Anglion Empire pushes beyond the mapped galaxies, seizing worlds rich in adamite and awakening something far older and far more dangerous than any empire.When frontier outposts vanish without warning, the Screaming Skulls Orbital Assault Regiment—a brutal, do-or-die force descended from the ancient Griffin Order—are deployed as the first blade into the dark. Dropping from orbit with wings instead of chutes, these soldiers fight not for glory, but to break open threats before they consume entire systems.On the mining world Theta-Nine, the Skulls discover the truth: the Tharnak Brood is no longer a mindless swarm. It is learning. It watches, copies, and refines—turning fallen Anglion soldiers into living templates, training grounds into kill-houses, and battle doctrine into weapons.What begins as a containment operation becomes a war of adaptation.As the Skulls fight through collapsing worlds, orbital extractions, and alien forges designed to manufacture perfected killers, they realise they are no longer just fighting the enemy—they are teaching it. Mimic soldiers, command forms, and prototype war-beings emerge, each iteration closer to matching human aggression, tactics, and will.Led by the cold-minded Lieutenant Chancer, held together by the indestructible Colour Sergeant Brick, and guided by the haunted instincts of Private Millsy—who begins to feel the enemy thinking—the Screaming Skulls are forced into a new role: bait.Beyond the galactic rim, in a Brood nexus built not to kill but to rehearse war itself, the Skulls deliberately break doctrine, geometry, and logic. They fight wrong on purpose. They turn chaos into a weapon. In doing so, they shatter the Brood’s perfect models and introduce something it has never faced before:Uncertainty.The Skulls escape, bloodied but alive, having destroyed not the enemy, but its confidence. The Tharnak withdraw—not defeated, but changed—no longer swarming blindly, but planning carefully, selecting targets, and preparing a far more dangerous phase of the war. Read more