Ladder of Ascendance
"This world is a ladder, and each peg is a life. Only by pushing off someone else can you truly grasp the freedom which lies at the peak."
With power, there comes hierarchies.
Jett finds himself at the bottom, living in a disgusting and inhumane slum, where residents have nothing but their flesh, blood, and Soul.
He lives the life of a rodent, barely clinging to life for years until his late teens. Jett's life is entirely meaningless, dedicated to pure survival.
That is, until he is physically swept off his feet by a terrible storm, imprisoned, and then auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Jett's old life is completely uprooted, as his new, ambitious, but deceitful mentor pushes him to climb the world's ladder of power.
How can the lowest of the low navigate his way through such a cruel and oppressive world ruled by power?
By killing other people and taking their Souls, of course.
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Pretty simple soft and slightly ambiguous power system. 20 bucks to whoever can recognize my inspiration for it.
I spend a lot of time making sure each paragraph is devoid of filler content or other meaningless meandering, To respect both of our times.
Writing and plot advice are strongly encouraged. I love comments. Writing critiques will steal my heart, as this novel is above all else an exercise to improve my own writing.
While my vision for this series is to have as much personal fun as possible, my tendencies lean towards perfectionism (without sufficient outlining, total paradox) but for the time being, I'm confident in my ability to crank out quality chapters.
This novel is written in a more traditional fantasy style, despite it being a progression fantasy. I’m not really trying to be profitable or marketable. Though for shits, giggles, and personal enjoyment I may throw in a trope or two.
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Several chapters a week is the current schedule, so far my writing has been daily.
I have a World Key for most of the helpful information in the series and will update it by request every few chapters, but it isn't needed to understand the story and reading it all is generally a complete waste of time.
I also edit past chapters a ton. Maybe one day I'll end up changing the entire beginning. Would be pretty funny.
markoos · Fantasy
