Grimscape
Rune was a soldier forged in the crucible of war. Afghanistan had stripped him of innocence, blurred the lines between right and wrong, and left him with blood on his hands and ghosts in his mind. He survived firefights, ambushes, and the slow erosion of his own morality—until the battlefield swallowed him whole.
And then he woke up somewhere else.
A world not his own. A realm of crumbling kingdoms, monstrous beasts, and ancient evils that whisper from the shadows. Here, magic is real, demons walk in daylight, and the gods play dice with mortal lives. Rune, armed with nothing but his instincts and fractured memories, must navigate a land where trust is a luxury and survival is a daily gamble.
But this world doesn’t just want his strength—it demands his soul.
When an aggrieved man offers him a strange quest—“The Chef's Assistant”—Rune is thrust into a chain of events that will test the last remnants of his humanity. As he battles cultists, navigates political intrigue, and confronts horrors that defy reason, Rune must decide: will he become the monster this world expects him to be, or will he claw his way back to the man he once was?
War broke him. This world might finish the job. But in the ashes of violence, a spark of redemption still flickers.