Light Novel Volume 6

"Darkest Before the Dawn" (明けねばこそ夜は永く,) is the sixth volume of the 86 -Eighty Six- light novel series. The volume covers the second half of the fourth story arc of the series, depicting the United Kingdom's and the Strike Package's struggle to finally rid the Dragon Corpse Mountains of the Legion, while Shin and Lena struggle to understand the other.

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Synopsis
Live to fight. Die with honor. That was all they knew, and they were proud. But as they saw themselves reflected in the Sirens-slaughtered by the thousands with nothing to show for it-a crack formed in their ironclad resolve. Shin's mind festered with doubt. Lena's heart tore at the seams as she struggled to understand him. Would they find common ground over the course of the United Kingdom operation? Or would they drift further apart...?

Contents

 * Prologue: Harsh Mistress 序章　ハーシュ・ミストレス
 * Chapter 1: In the Werewolves' Forest 第一章　人狼は森に
 * Chapter 2: Life's but a Walking Shadow 第二章　ライフズ・バッド・ア・ウォーキング・シャドウ
 * Chapter 3: Shoot the Moon 第三章　シュート・ザ・ムーン
 * Chapter 4: In His Heaven 第四章　イン・ヒズ・ヘヴン
 * Epilogue: Home Sweet Home 終章　ホーム・スイート・ホーム

Appearances

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 * Supporting Characters

Trivia

 * Along with Under Pressure and Death, Be Not Proud, it is considered the second part of 86 -Eighty Six-.
 * The Japanese title of this volume was probably a reference to a line from the play Macbeth: "The night is long that never finds the day (IV.III.240)." It was shortened by the translator owing to the full line's awkward length.