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 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. To preserve the fragile future of France, Napoleon Bonaparte and his inner circle must confront not only the facts of the death, but the deeper rot it reveals beneath their triumphs.In a court of loyalty bought by blood, silence is survival, and the price of power is measured in betrayed men.Here, truth is not spoken — it is crafted.The war is over.
The lies are just beginning.
And history is always written by those who survive it.
Across the Web of Nets
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