War Brats — Battle in the Valley of Ruins

Enter Paragonia

Trust no one.

Jade is Paragonia’s premier spy and assassin. Beneath the surface lies a high-tech hatred, a soul poisoned against the Paragon hive.

In a world where independent thought is outlawed, the resistance sees an opening. The Paragon elite sees a threat. Jade must decide whether she is still the weapon they made—or the one that breaks their machine.

Espionage, resistance, and a fight for human dignity collide in the Valley of Ruins.

Visual archive

The world beyond the cover

Daniel G. Buff’s original hand-drawn characters and machines define the War Brats universe.

Hand-drawn Paragon soldiers gathered beneath a red flag — Paragon soldiers — original art

Hand-drawn War Brats military buggy carrying a desert patrol — Valley patrol — original art

Daniel G. Buff’s hand-drawn portrait of a War Brats fighter wearing a headset and cap — War Brats fighter — original art

The collection

From page to gear

The book is available now. Poster art, apparel, and other field gear are the next pieces planned for the collection.

The novel

Battle in the Valley of Ruins in paperback, with ebook options listed by the publisher.

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Poster art

Illustrated worlds, characters, and insignia developed for display-size prints.

In development

Shirts & gear

Wearable marks and field-inspired pieces from the Paragon universe.

Planned

Superior Vital Marks

Currency with a memory.

Collectible physical coins from the Paragon universe. Each mark carries a position in the cycle: absence, possession, doubt, wager, and rebirth.

Dark metal Absence Coin with a winged viper coiled around an empty human outline

Physical coin · coming soon

The Absence Coin

The heaviest mark in the set. A winged viper guards the hollow shape of someone missing: struck, never spent.

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Cyber Coin with neon circuitry, a winged viper, and an orange human figure

Physical coin · coming soon

The Cyber Coin

A commendation mark whose lit circuitry keeps the Chrome Count.

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Two-sided weathered denarius with an incomplete portrait and an open center

Physical coin · coming soon

Vindicated Nihilism

A weathered denarius built around the void—the claim that the shape was always empty.

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Black metal Wager Coin with a serpent around a hollow figure and teal light

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The Wager

The counter-position: carrying another person’s shape until they return to fill it.

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Physical coin · coming soon

Rebirth

The final mark in the cycle. The shell breaks and what was carried steps out changed.

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Choose your side.

Start with the novel. The rest of the War Brats collection will follow from the art now in development.

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