Non Omnis Moriar: The Hypostasis of Dissent Book 2 in Bloomington, MN

The city state of Vencenza rots,
and Giorgianna, vengeful, enlightened, an outlaw and witch, seeks
blood
-the dues she's owed for the crimes committed against her and those she loves.
As summer withers to autumn, she is faced with
a deadly quest:
infiltrate the ministerial court, unspool the inner circle's darkest secrets, and aid the resistance in bringing forth a revolution to finally
break the shackles of tyranny.
All while remaining under pretences amidst
the state's most violent and powerful men.
But
explosive tensions
mount among the revolutionaries, bodies pile mysteriously in the streets,
the church
gains frightening authority, and Giorgianna's psyche teeters along its final breaking point-made only worse by
a lovesickness more agonising than hunger.
With winter looming upon the horizon,
civil war
seems inevitable, and love could never be a saviour.
How dearly will those dues cost?
In this second and
ultimate instalment
of the grimdark dystopian mystery X gaslamp fantasy duology
THE HYPOSTASIS OF DISSENT,
politics
and
philosophy
take centre stage, trust is tragically tested, and
dark and bloody magic
joins the fray of a battle for liberation.
The paperback edition features several
illustrations
by the author, Sfarda L. Gül, as well as one illustration each by Ayşe-Mira Yaşın and Nadia Sampellegrini.
Take note that this book is very heavy on
worldbuilding
conlang
(including
footnotes
several POV styles
(1st person limited; 2nd person limited; 3rd person limited; all past tense)), and features
very dense prose,
something which some readers may find detracts from immersion for them.
Content Warnings
: government oppression, death, graphic gore, self-injury, mental illness, police brutality, violence against women and trans-identifying peoples, child death and murder, human experimentation, religion and religious violence, gun violence, classism, discussions of sexual violence (
humans, minors
), suicide, smoking (
tobacco
), alcohol, discussion of intravenous drug abuse, surgical procedures and needles, fires, sex (
open-door, non-graphic
), strong language.
ALL ROYALTIES
earned from the title are donated to
Doctors Without Borders
, the
Kurdish Red Crescent
, and
All for Armenia
.