Speculative fiction, alternative worlds, futuristic, supernatural, horror
Nov 21st, 2023, 3:16 pm
Jackal Among Snakes series by Nemorosus (1-6)
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 7.9 mb
Overview:A recluse who, by the grace of the Internet, has managed to put his imaginings before your eyes.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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#1 - In a world on the brink, survival isn’t just a game—it’s the only game. But when only one soul holds all the cards, they get to play however they want.
Argrave, the royal bastard of House Vasquer, went into his magic apprenticeship cruel and awkward, yet left it with a neat dignity and an acerbic wit. But beneath the veneer of self-assurance, the body’s new soul is wrestling with the dread of existence in a reality that once existed only in the pages of fantasy.
In the blink of an eye, a wiki editor’s deep and somewhat unhealthy understanding of a game becomes useful, usable knowledge when he inexplicably replaces the once-cruel royal bastard. Before he can start to push his frail body to use his deep understanding of the lore to handle the imminent apocalypse, or go off to stop an invasion, there’s a more personal task he needs to handle first.
His cousin has a knife in her hand and death in her eyes.

#2 - Mortals falter under the weight of their choices. Only one man has walked every path and stayed strong. The bearer of borrowed blood and stolen soul.
Argrave tasted the invasion's bitter bite and earned some breathing room. Each breath is short and catches in his lungs, as he’s still hounded by the frailty and weak constitution he inherited from the original owner of his body. With plague sweeping through the world, literally reconstructing his body is the only way to live through the coming trials. Risking life and limb at every turn, he and his allies walk upon a dark path of stone roses.
The bastard’s more royal sibling and their deranged father are struggling to tether a kingdom on the brink of civil war. Necromantic atrocities free of their long-dead creators and the order of knights meant to contain them veritably compete to prove which one can be a deadlier obstacle to Argrave’s plans. But he knows something that they don’t, something that will make him grimly move forward no matter the cost.
The clock is ticking. If Argrave’s plans aren't in motion, the world will bleed out.

#3 - The future hangs by a thread. Wisdom and kindness are a luxury. Freedom is balanced against the promise of tomorrow.
Argrave's harrowing journey to the Burnt Desert left him at death’s door, but breathed new life into his group by adding a fresh face to the party… if a severed head on a stick can be considered a proper companion. His goal is in sight within this foreign land with a tradition of hostility, and the royal bastard stands at the cusp of becoming black-blooded.
All of the magic, components, and requisite skills are close at hand. But the closer the team gets to their desires, the tighter the web of impending conflict tightens around them—a web woven with the threads of zealous devotion by the god Fellhorn’s despotic followers. Even with how hard they struggle to succeed, there’s no way to know if the inscrutable, unstable Alchemist will be willing to perform the procedure or eradicate them on the spot.
Just as worrisome is knowing that even if they can convince the Alchemist to take the job, he can demand any price for his services: body, mind, or even soul.

#4 - A powerful mind. A robust body. Both are needed to survive dead gods and zealots.
After clashing fiercely with Fellhorn's followers, Argrave has been forever altered by the desert's crucible. Awaiting him as he makes his way back to his homeland are faces from the past – friends and foes, all unprepared for his transformation.
Argrave now ventures into the core of a land besieged by plague, forced to ally with his unpredictable, fervently passionate brother: Orion. Wielding strength that borders on the mythical, Orion might just hold the key to quelling the foul force spawning the unnatural pestilence. Yet, alliances are as delicate as they are dangerous. If Orion discovers the source of the change Argrave has endured, the lines between brother and enemy could blur in an instant.
His transformation is both a weapon and a wildcard, meaning Argrave needs to dance on the razor's edge of saving the land... and not being burned as a heretic.

#5 - After one of the deadliest family reunions imaginable, Argrave finds himself becoming ever more entwined in the civil war engulfing the kingdom. With a steeled heart, he must plunge headfirst into this cloudy whirlpool of grudges and allegiances. His father the king remains undefeated in battle, though the rebels have come further than any before them. However the dice land, he doesn't intend to join this fight without allies.
Foremost among these allies is a woman who is blind and lame, yet has more vision than one thousand men. Argrave must earn the trust and support of Elenore. Untrusting, pragmatic, callous, and selfish, it promises to be a difficult task to convince her to aid the dark horse that is Argrave.
Ever-watching eyes scrutinize Argrave’s progress… both his father, and a more distant ancestor.

#6 - Countless obstacles have barred Argrave’s uncertain path to kingship, most of all his own acceptance, yet now the race is nearing its end. His brother Orion has acted contrary to anyone’s expectations in defying his father, yet a kingdom is more than its king alone. Each of the kingdom’s dozen vassals have vassals of their own, and Vasquer is on the brink of shattering into countless petty nations as it did in the history Argrave remembers.
The stain of bastardry lingers on Argrave’s claim, and unless he intends to earn a title without any power, he must act the delicate diplomat, the unbroken commander, and the just ruler all in one. Serious introspection suggests he may be none of the three. But then, who’s to say a king has to be himself at all?

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