Carthage owed its army a year's wages. And then refused to pay.

THE JACKAL OF CARTHAGE is a serialized dark historical fantasy set in 240 BC — the year the richest city on earth lost a war and refused to pay the men who fought it.

Kadmar has no house, no name worth having, and no illusions. He is one of ten thousand mercenaries Carthage priced at nothing, and he is the only man in the garden sober enough to see what that decision will cost.

There are gods in this story. They are real. And they charge for everything.

Written and narrated by S. A. Vale.

Book One of The Carthage Cycle.

Adults only.

Epic Worlds. Dangerous Desire. Mind the Dark.

ENTER THE GATES - ON ROYAL ROAD
The city, the army, and the year it all came due. Free.

HEAR THE CITY - VIA PODCAST
Every word read aloud. A new descent each Thursday, 8PM Eastern.

TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE LEDGER - ON PATREON
Walk a week ahead. See it uncut. Your name on the roll of the Unpaid.

SEE IT BURN - ON YOUTUBE
Painted plates, trailers, and the war in motion.

WALK THE CAMP - ON X
Dispatches, art, and the occasional atrocity. Daily.

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Content: violence, blood rites, disturbing imagery. 18+.

Epic Worlds. Dangerous Desire. Mind the Dark.