The Defiant Despot Chapter 6

How Plans Usually Fail

Ariel and Noa, our outstanding uprising leaders, decided that April 1, 2083, would be the perfect day for the revolt, if for no other reason than April Fool’s Day. How fitting!

For the last few months, a network of Ambrosia and Yumtum spies had found the citizens of Joseph’s AREA who supported the uprising, called “Freedom for All.” Only a few committed families were in from the beginning, but the number rapidly increased.

The goal of “Freedom for All” was to enlist thousands of oppressed citizens and give…