Shards Of An Empire

By Adam Lawless

Secrets. Betrayal. Unexpected love. Enter into a fiction that will keep you turning pages late into the night.

Four strangers, scattered across four nations, are about to have their lives quietly rewritten. Not by chance-but by design.

A disgraced Delta Force commando standing at the edge of redemption... or ruin.
A Muslim immigrant beginning to question the very freedom he once believed in.
A Chinese intelligence officer who cannot tell whether he's falling in love-or losing control.
A carefree boy, slowly reshaped by childhood trauma into something far darker than anyone imagined.

They've never met.
They don't know each other.
But someone knows them-intimately.

Every weakness. Every longing. Every private choice.

And someone is using it.

No declarations. No warnings.
Just betrayal-precise, patient, and devastating.

Shards of an Empire is not just a fiction-it's a slow burn into the unsettling truth that the fall of nations doesn't start with weapons.

It starts with people.

Reviews on Goodreads & Amazon

- "Bold, and unapologetically intense with equal parts spy intrigue and emotional unraveling."
- "I have read a good amount of of books since the start on 2026 and this one is definitely in my top 3"
- "The storyline kept me on the edge of my seat. It is an engaging read that you should add to your tbr."
-"Shards of an Empire challenges readers to question the cost of ambition, the limits of patriotism, and the human fallout of geopolitical gamesmanship."
- Adam Lawless delivers a political thriller that feels disturbingly realistic and emotionally intense in today's geopolitics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G6VXJBXR
• ISBN13: 9798278432210
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"