THE SIXTH GRAIL

The Fifth Emperor ruled eight kingdoms for forty-five years, and the whole world loved him. Then he died mid-sentence on live broadcast, of nothing, and every screen on Earth spoke his last command: anyone worthy may contend for the Grail — and the crowd, not the cup, will crown the winner.

A casteless field medic who can see the deaths a body carries. An honor-fighter bound to keep every promise, including the one that ruins her. A prince who wants to win the throne in order to abolish it. A nine-year-old priestess who talks to a sealed door — and gets answers. As the Ledger ranks the entire human race in gold across the sky, ten contenders are branded with Virtues designed to break them, seven very literal gods start picking favorites, and the oldest secret in the world begins working its way to the surface.

The cup is not a prize. The cup is the crime.

What this is: a fully-outlined, character-driven political fantasy in a modern world where contracts are physics. Multiple POV. No LitRPG stats, no harem, no isekai. Violence and moral horror are on the page; so, eventually, is a warm ending that gets earned the hard way.

Updates Tuesdays & Fridays. Also serialised on Wattpad.