Anatole Ternaux
Anatole Ternaux wanted to be a coroner when he grew up. But it turned out he has a phobia of worms and refuses to eat spaghetti now. So he autopsies the corpses of dead empires and bad worldbuilding instead. He works as a professional incident report writer.He writes the stories he wants to read — because no one else is as reckless, obsessive, or pissed off enough to write them. He may also be a Napoleonic cryptid.Author of "Lies Agreed Upon" and Founder of Duroc's Desk Drawer Publishing.
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Coming 7 October 2025
A Murder Mystery in the Age of Napoleon
Everyone knows about the Battle of Trafalgar and Admiral Horatio Nelson ... but what happened to the man on the other side?April 1806. Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve lies dead in a provincial inn, his body marked by wounds too deliberate for accident — and too careful for rage. Now, Napoleon Bonaparte and his inner circle must confront not only the facts of the death, but the deeper corrosion it reveals beneath the imperial gilt.At the heart of the Empire, the silence is strategic, and survival is measured in the corpses of betrayed men.Where does the lie end, and where does the truth begin?
Peace across Europe hangs in the balance. The beat of war drums is rising.And history is always written by those who outlive it.
Across the Web of Nets
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