Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Market Force

The Monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria

Brother Aethelstan, formerly known as Aethelstan the Merciless, was currently scrubbing the stone floor of the monastery's refectory. It was a far cry from his previous life as a Jarl of Guthrum's army.

Aethelstan had been "liquidated" during the East Anglia merger. But unlike his peers who ended up as fertilizer or Tech-Thralls, Aethelstan had been given a choice by the Builder: "Die, or audit your soul."