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Behind the Wall, ascension is supposed to be the highest honor a citizen can earn. Nobody mentions that the honored are never seen again.
Jonas Adler never wanted to be exceptional. Exceptional gets you noticed. But after he nearly dies on his first real expedition beyond the Wall, something he never asked for opens behind his eyes: a Ledger that records every Rank he earns — and quietly takes something back for every line it writes.
Most people climb slowly enough that the cost stays hidden. Jonas isn't climbing slowly. He's climbing fast enough to draw the attention of the people who decide who gets called home — and fast enough to make him wonder what, exactly, he's being grown into.
The strongest don't retire.
They ascend.
Every Rank he gains costs him something. He just doesn't know yet what he's paying for.
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Chapters (20 Total)
RSS- 1 Chapter 1: The First Entry
- 2 Chapter 2: The Census
- 3 Chapter 3: What the House Doesn't Ask
- 4 Chapter 4: Eyes on the Line
- 5 Chapter 5: The Suppression
- 6 Chapter 6: The Quiet Edits
- 7 Chapter 7: Two Reports
- 8 Chapter 8: Hartmut Brandt
- 9 Chapter 9: Something True
- 10 Chapter 10: The Service Record
- 11 Chapter 11: The First Memory
- 12 Chapter 12: The Ledger
- 13 Chapter 13: Less Time
- 14 Chapter 14: The Compact
- 15 Chapter 15: The Private Ceremonies
- 16 Chapter 16: Processing Room C
- 17 Chapter 17: The Technical Term
- 18 Chapter 18: What He Still Knows
- 19 Chapter 19: Acting Like a Resource
- 20 Chapter 20: First Contact
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