Shattered Ladder: Book 1

Shattered Ladder: Empty

A black monolith wider than the horizon and rising past the clouds.

A prison. A ladder. A promise.

That is the Tower—144 levels of war, hunger, and impossible power. Most climb for glory.

After being reborn in a harsh world of suffering and salvage, Kenshi just wants to survive the junk-valley slums of the outside , where every scrap of qi is fought over like blood.

But when one desperate act leaves blood on his hands and cracks his path open, Ken is pushed onto the Shattered Ladder: a climb where every rung costs more than the last. Gods, beasts, and tyrants rule the higher floors—but the real danger might be what he drags with him from the ground up.

A progression fantasy of survival, obsession, and the price of power.
If you like underdogs who refuse to stay down, cult-like sects, and the grind of power earned the hard way, you’ll want to start climbing.

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My book series Shattered Ladder begins posting here today. I’ll be releasing the first three chapters this morning. I plan to post the full Book 1 here before starting the Royal Road launch. I’ve already finished six chapters so far.

COMMENTS ON THE CHAPTERS I POST HERE ARE HEAVILY APPRECIATED.