A Coup for Humanity

A Coup for Humanity

Revolutionaries Fight for Justice and Equality against Relentless Brutal Forces in New Sci-Fi Fantasy Novel.

In times of global conflict, soldiers and civilians in warring nations often find it difficult to distinguish between friend and foe. In The Janissary Trilogy, author Firsid Barsa takes readers to a distant planet immersed in a revolution that creates comrades out of enemies and pits soldiers against their king.

The first book of the trilogy, The Peasant War delves into the turmoil of the Remish Empire, a kingdom of restive peasants, malcontent nobles, and an emerging middle class. These restless citizens grudgingly follow the imperial orders of their king, who in turn relies on the extreme loyalty of the Janissary Corps, an elite cavalry unit, to protect his life and carry out his commands. General Dmitry Konchak is the ruthless leader of this corps.

Tension simmers as a secret society of noblemen plots to overthrow the monarchy and free the serfs. The society recruits Reiss Tselatse, an idealistic and rebellious aristocrat, to join the scheme. Their plans are foiled, however, and the rebels fall into the hands of the enemy. Captured, Reiss endures torture as he guards a vital secret.

A serf uprising sweeps the empire, and Konchak leads the janissaries on a mission to restore order. Instead, inspired by mystical visions, he and his men join forces with the urban revolutionaries in a bizarre alliance. Janissary General Dmitry Konchak becomes an unlikely hero of the Revolution -- a military genius who is squeamish and faints at the sight of blood, an effeminate drunkard, an outsider among the political elite, the so-called “New People” whom he helped bring to power. Tselatse is freed from exile and joins the fight as the Commissar of the Janissary Corps. However, to be a part of this murderous crew, he must reconcile his humanitarian ideals with their barbaric methods.

In the second book of the trilogy, The New People In Power Field Marshal Konchak fights to reunite the empire and re-conquer breakaway regions, including his own native province. In the village where he was born, the janissary comes face to face with his own past, as an ancient Oracle foretells a ghastly future. Konchak’s destiny is mirrored by that of his friend. Tselatse's infatuation with a merchant’s daughter leads to an unlikely act of heroism: They must burn the secret police archives to keep them out of the hands of hostage-takers. And yet, not all the files are burned…

In the third book of The Janissary trilogy, The Final Conflict Konchak must save the empire which he himself forged, against a ferocious horde of invaders. As war wages on, neither enemy atrocities, nor assassinations, nor relentless power struggles within the ruling elite can deter Konchak from pursuing his personal destiny. The ancient gods, original inhabitants of this planet, for many generations trapped within a mountain, have decreed a unique fate for the janissary. But first he must settle scores with the man who betrayed him, and face the horrific loss of a beloved friend.

In this satisfying finale, all the threads of the complex story come full circle to a final resolution: A missing letter from an old printing press; a message that travels across the continent only to be returned as “Undeliverable”; fragments of encrypted files employed to trap a spy: all the mysteries are finally resolved, concluding this epic story of revolution, war, friendship, love, and betrayal.