The Republic of San Magnolia claims its war is fought without casualties, but young people confined to the Eighty-Sixth Sector secretly pilot the supposedly unmanned weapons. Handler Lena takes command of Spearhead Squadron and begins to understand the war through its leader, Shin.
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After parting from Lena, Shin and the surviving Spearhead members cross into Legion territory and are rescued by the Federal Republic of Giad. They choose to return to battle, this time alongside Frederica Rosenfort.
A long-range Legion railgun devastates both fronts, forcing the Giadian military to send Shin and the Eighty-Six into enemy territory on a special strike mission. Shin must also decide what remains to fight for after confronting the ghost of his brother.
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Lena leads the Eighty-Sixth Strike Package on its first mission after reuniting with Shin and the former Spearhead squadron. Their search in Charité takes them below an abandoned subway and into a hidden Legion base.
A trail left by Legion developer Zelene Birkenbaum draws the Strike Package north to the United Kingdom of Roa Gracia. There, a new battlefield and an unsettling anti-Legion strategy challenge what the Eighty-Six believe about duty and monstrosity.
The United Kingdom operation forces Shin and his comrades to confront the Sirins, artificial soldiers destroyed in battle without recognition. As Shin doubts the creed that shaped the Eighty-Six, Lena tries to reach him across the distance between them.
The capture of the Legion's Merciless Queen may reveal how to end the war, while the Strike Package receives rare leave in the Alliance of Wald. Their respite gives them room to imagine a life beyond iron and blood before the war pulls them onward again.
The possibility of ending the Legion war gives humanity a new future to hope for, but that future unsettles the Eighty-Six who have known only combat. New aspirations and fragile hopes bend some of them toward a crisis of their own.
After the Noctiluca battle, the survivors carry their losses into a campaign in the surviving Holy Theocracy of Noiryanaruse. Shin and the Eighty-Six enter a nation feared even by their allies while the Legion continues pursuing its own bloodless objective.
A return to Shin's past shows the hardships that shaped him into the Reaper. The memories follow bonds formed through love and broken by tragedy, and explain the legacy he carries for the dead.
A sudden Legion assault drives the world's borders into retreat and sends Shin and Lena back toward Republic territory on a rescue mission. The people they return to still carry the Republic's old hatred, while the mechanical enemy follows a grim directive of its own.
The Republic's evacuation leaves survivors to reckon with enormous losses. Shin questions the burden of leadership, Lena mourns her lost homeland, and unrest within the Federacy drives desperate soldiers toward a dangerous answer.
The exhausted front lines receive a flood of refugees while rumors spread about a weapon that could destroy the Legion and about treachery within the Republic. Shin and the others must act while suspicion turns every rescue into another source of conflict.
After the fronts collapse, Shin's unit builds a defensive line at Rustkammer while Lena and the Republic forces support the coming Operation Overlord. The Legion and a hostile retreat route close around the unit, placing Shin in unprecedented danger.
* Arc names chosen by Arc Almanac, because the books don’t name them.
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