Caldera

Caden gave the best years of his life serving in the Kalmarian Dragoons only to return home to find his wife dead of the plague. Offered a chance to see her one last time by the god Arkos, he traveled to the far end of the continent only to find that he was being asked to lead a war of extermination. When he refused, he was cast aside and left to die. Now he has come to confront the god once more.

Caldera received an honorable mention in the Writers of the Future Contest.