former enemies book ideas

The War Ended Before Our Heroes Arrived

Two adult veterans reach a promised battlefield and discover that the villages made peace without their kings. Keeping that peace means surviving the army sent to rescue them from the supposed mistake.

The Treaty That Learned to Kill

A royal copyist finds the peace treaty has begun removing people who violate its wording. To stop it, former enemies must admit which promises were impossible before another signature becomes a sentence.

The Bells Beneath the Battlefield

A battlefield bell founder hears a warning rising through metal buried under an old victory. Recasting the bells could prevent another war, but every kingdom wants the sound to confirm its own version of peace.