A chilling speculative fiction short story of drone warfare set in the near future.

Russia's war against Ukraine has ended with Russia's defeat. Much credit is given to Ukraine's secretive AI technology for managing drone swarms.

Ukraine's swarm management tech hides a secret known only to a notorious band of anonymous video gamers, The Lords of the New Church. The Lords have sworn themselves to self-imposed vows of secrecy.  A reporter suspects there's more to the story and seeks the truth.

Meticulously researched, Drone Wars offers an unflinching look at autonomous drone warfare, AI, propaganda, the horrors of war, Russia's genocide against the Ukrainian people, and the difficulty of facing uncomfortable truths.