"Dying in the ring was supposed to be his grand exit. A warrior’s death. But instead, it became his second chance." Julien Fronterra had everything—fame, legacy, and a shot at immortality in the world of combat sports. But in his moment of triumph, his body betrayed him. As his vision faded and regret swallowed him whole, he made one final plea—to live again, to find his own people, to carve out a life worth more than just titles. The gods listened. Now reborn in Hireath, a world of ma...

The Great Winter reaches its third year and creatures of nightmare thought to be long extinct roam the land once more. The Oathbreaker stirs from his icy prison, calling upon his servants both past and present. The wolf howls, the dragon roars and the serpent thrashes as the world unravels. Heroes will rise, for this will be the age to end all ages. The spirited girl escapes the shackles of tradition, searching for adventure, finding much more. The craven boy goes after her in the name of lo...

Access the discord here. Earlier books available on Amazon Book 12 starts with chapter 883.Current schedule is Mon-Wed-Fri, USA timezone. Jason wakes up in a mysterious world of magic and monsters. He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters, and that’s just the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants. Follow Jason as he makes a place for himself in a wo...

Adventure through dystopia with a sassy assassin, a broody elementalist, and their ragtag band of misfits. Andrei Strauss, a reluctant priest with volatile elemental powers, has spent years training himself not to feel—because when he does, things catch fire. Literally. Exiled to a remote village to stay out of trouble, he’s barely settled in before people start disappearing. When he finally calls for help, he gets her. Rhian Sinclair: an Enforcer with a sharp tongue, quicker feet, and mo...

There are a lot of things wrong with Liv Brodbeck. She’s too small, for one thing. When she works in the castle kitchens with her mother, she can’t carry a sack of flour or roll a keg of ale.  Baron Summerset’s chirurgeon says that she has brittle bones, so she isn’t allowed to wrestle or sword fight with the other children. Even sledding downhill in the winter brings the risk of breaking an arm or a leg if she falls.  Everyone says that she ruined her mother’s life when she was b...

Author's note: Don't overthink it, just read it. It's funny. Francis Francis Francis the 3rd was one hell of a Marine. He died doing what he loved, killing everyone around him. After being vaporized in the line of duty, Francis is transported to a new world full of gods and magic. Too bad Hades is trying to kill him for declining a job offer and System holds a grudge for what happened during character creation. At least his new patron deity seems nice.  Armed with nothing but his lucky pink...

Peter wanted to go to The School of Righteousness and Honour, to learn how to become a hero. Unfortunately for him, that cost too much money. So his parents sent him to the less expensive, Doom Valley Prep School, where the children of dark wizards, warlords, master assassins, dictators and worse learn how to follow in their parents footsteps.  With no other choice, he must learn how to survive when shadows can and will eat you, the teachers are firm believers in survival of the fittest, det...

Book 1 goes live on Amazon and Audible on May 16th, 2023. Chapters for Book 2 are continuing to post here. Thanks for all your support Royal Road.Dragon Sorcerer on AmazonIs it snark if you're a dragon? Nico, a young dragon of barely fifty, is rudely chased from his home by a group of murderous adventurers. Of his entire clutch, only he and one sister remained, but now he is alone. Isolated and hungry, Nico’s magic awakens, bonding him with Cami, a brave, young woman. In order to hide from...

Xian Qigang was a typical xianxia young master; arrogant, narcissistic, and cruel. Well, I guess he wasn't so typical, because even his own family couldn't tolerate him. So much so that they sent him off to some tiny town where his stink would no longer rub off on them. Xian Qigang is gone now though, and through no fault of my own (I think) I'm now behind the reins. Yeah, I know. I'm screwed. But, hey, at least the power's nice. FAIR WARNING: this story has explicit sexual content. This is ...

The dawn of Emotion Based A.I.s is here, John is the fifth test subject to have an AI implemented in his brain, and so far the first one to survive. Blinded by the dream of immortality, the researchers push the tests to inhumane standards. John is obligated to take part in sessions of torture designed to test the limits of the AI influence over the physical and mental health. What was supposed to be a new beginning in life turns into living hell. An (un)lucky twist ends his life. John then re...

A teenager struggling after the death of his best friend finds himself in a fantasy world - one which seems to be an amalgamation of every Dungeons and Dragons campaign they ever played together. Now he's stuck trying to find the answers to why he's there and what this world is trying to say. The most terrifying answer might be that this world is an expression of the person he was back on Earth. This work is complete and partially stubbed. You can buy the first three (of eight) ebooks or audi...

Trevor has been training since he was a child for a life of combat and adventure, 10 years of gruelling training. On the year of his 15th birthday, the day of choosing arrives only to have his entire world crushed as he is assigned the class ‘Arcane Chef’, an unknown rare class with no known history or levelling path. However, being a cooking class, he’s relegated to the Servant class of society. Our journey travels through his struggles to come to terms with this class and trying to ke...

It has been sixteen years since the attack on Kag let a city burn, and short of having to rebuild, not much has changed.  Jan can’t remember a time when he wasn’t Consul to the Archmage. His extraordinary talent landed him a life of luxury, raised by one of the most powerful mages ever to grace their shattered world. Jan lazes through work as both an academic and a scribe. Yet when mischief lands him in a hangman’s cell, he finds a name carved into the stone wall and a link to the trut...

Rozin Kain never wanted a daemon - nor to love one. In the world of Itrera, the human nations stand united against a powerful magical threat: the daemons, creatures of untold cruelty and destruction. To protect themselves, humans bind these creatures to their souls, claiming their magic for their own. A young soldier with a difficult past, Rozin has hated the daemons since they stole her life many years ago. Since joining the great Canavar military, she has dedicated her life to protecting th...

A human engineer named Tom accepts a deal to travel to a Fantasy world with the mission of changing it forever. He is given a week to prepare before setting off. Once on the other side, he is greeted by a fantastical world and its inhabitants. his original mission to change this world and have some fun while doing it quickly turns into him making a home for himself and defending it and his new family against whatever ends up coming their way. The story will also follow the POV of Sapphire a l...

[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge!] During his Destiny Reveal, Sam gets handed the designation of Tank — a death sentence for an Elf. He has four years to reach level 300 — a feat almost never achieved by Elven Tanks. If he doesn't succeed, then he will die when he's summoned to complete his Destiny Test. Fortunately, the Goddess who handed him that death sentence gave him a special chance to succeed. The only problem — it was a real kick in the nuts. What to expect fro...

Captured as a baby dragon, Fia is forced to fight for her life in a coliseum. And she's not the only one.  Thrown into a cell with an aggressive, juvenile dragon, Fia hopes to survive if she can appeal to the mysterious Umbra Caligo. However, Umbra seems as desperate to survive as her—and Fia has nothing to offer him. The older black dragon is far too young for the countless scars on his wings. Fia wonders if she must become more like him to not only survive, but also escape and make it ho...

I've created a massive world with my Elan stories: 19 novels | 4 series | 3,000 years of history | millions of words. All the books take place in the same world (Elan) and many of the characters are found in more than one series. Because the world is so expansive, I'm creating this dossier which will be a quick reference for names, places, events, and other reference material (such as book recaps) which can be used by people when they need a refresher on older works before starting the most r...

Being reincarnated into a cannibalistic, man-eating tribe of fox people wasn't exactly on his wishlist for Christmas, but hey, it could be worse, right? Between trying to survive the nightmarish monsters that could eat him for breakfast, the freezing winters that made ice look hot, the money-crazy slavers, and his own 'unique' tribe, he felt as though he might have gone a bit mental. Just a bit though. The fact that he was now a girl probably didn't help either...

Jump-touch, a girl raised in a remote kobold village, has to travel to human lands to get her System activated, and to learn about the culture she is nominally a part of. She's not best pleased about it, but she's doing her best. Only one year until she can go home. Updates every other day. The cover is nicked off the Midjourney Discord. I'll commission something better later. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Nettles