
eBook by James T. Callum, K.H. Sohmer
Deklin will become a villain to rival the gods — but he knows no such power yet. He's just a fourth-year magi looking for a post-midterm vacation. When a failed portal spell strands him on a dangerous Worldshard, Deklin unwillingly enters a world where Spire Climbers compete for ever-higher standings and Cultivators bind magical Aspects to strengthen their spirits. Transformed into a dragonblood and branded as an outcast, he is forbidden from advancing past the first threshold — to seek anything more is to risk execution and slavery. To attain limitless progression, Deklin must defy the Lightbound kingdoms and their corrupted heroes to carve out a cursed and forgotten path of darkness.

Deklin will become a villain to rival the gods — but he knows no such power yet. He's just a fourth-year magi looking for a post-midterm vacation. When a failed portal spell strands him on a dangerous Worldshard, he unwillingly enters a world where Spire Climbers compete for ever-higher standings and Cultivators bind magical Aspects to strengthen their spirits. Transformed into a dragonblood and branded as an outcast, Deklin is forbidden from advancing past the first threshold — to seek anything more is to risk execution and slavery. To attain limitless progression, Deklin must defy the Lightbound kingdoms and their corrupted heroes to carve out a cursed and forgotten path of darkness.