A Prose of Years

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For decades, spiritualist Evert Kallstrom and his team have joined in humanity's millennia-long fight against the beasts. Wielding their weapons and their ki, they fought and killed these great threats to civilization. And yet, despite their efforts, humanity was losing traction in the war. In the last fifty years alone, more cities had been overrun than in all of known history.

While most thought the great beasts natural, a few knew the terrible truth. They were the product of a dark lord, who desired neither fame nor wealth nor power. Instead, his sole purpose was the genocide of humanity.

While their peers dithered, a small faction of the strongest mankind had to offer—including Evert Kallstrom and his team—set out towards the Deadlands to find and confront this dark lord. After weeks of travel, twenty-one spiritualists found themselves approaching an ancient fortress wherein rested a being known only as the Eastern Guardian.

All they found was death.

But death has other plans for Evert.

Evert bolts awake in his 16 year old body near his hometown, decades in the past. He is confused, poor and weak. But with grit, sweat, and years of experience, he won't let the future repeat itself. That level of strength won't be enough by itself (it wasn't last time) and victory is hardly assured (he'll need to reach farther and higher than he ever did), but Evert refuses to squander a second chance.

[Other tags: First Person POV, Hard Magic, Faulty Memory]

Volume 1 is complete and has been fully released. My current intention is not to write any sequel volumes. That said, I have also released appendices (SPOILERS) that cover the worldbuilding and future story-that-never-was.

Comments suggesting fixes for grammar, misspellings, etc. appreciated.

Note: If you came here from Candlelit Lives, these stories have nothing in common.

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A Prose of Years 37 Evert's Uniform RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 36 Appendix - Tables (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 35 Appendix - Human Civilization (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 34 Appendix - The Natural World (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 33 Appendix - Skills (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 32 Appendix - Combat System (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 31 Appendix - The Ki System (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 30 Appendix - General Background (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 29 Appendix - Two Scenes from Volume 2 (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 28 Appendix - Outline/Notes for Volumes 2 & 3 (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 27 Appendix - Old Timeline (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 26 Appendix - Outlines (SPOILERS) RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 25 1.A (Bonus, Non-Canon) - Duel RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 24 1.23 Afterword RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 23 1.22 Epilogue - A Fine Dojo RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 22 1.21 The City Tournament RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 21 1.20 Interlude: Character Sheets RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 20 1.19 Interlude: The District Final RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 19 1.18 District Tournament RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 18 1.17 To Catch a Thief RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 18 1.17 To Catch a Thief RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 17 1.16 Hunting II RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 17 1.16 Hunting II RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 16 1.15 Hunting I RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 16 1.15 Hunting I RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 15 1.14 Interlude: An Old Mentor RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 14 1.13 Break RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 14 1.13 Break RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 13 1.12 Home Makeovers RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 13 1.12 Home Makeovers RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 12 1.11 A Grievous Taskmaster RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 12 1.11 A Grievous Taskmaster RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 11 1.10 Interlude: A Beast Made Man RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 11 1.10 Interlude: A Beast Made Man RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 10 1.9 A Friend, A Student RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 10 1.9 A Friend, A Student RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 9 1.8 Sparring RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 9 1.8 Sparring RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 8 1.7 A Fortuitous Meeting RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 8 1.7 A Fortuitous Meeting RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 7 1.6 The Bare Necessities RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 7 1.6 The Bare Necessities RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 6 1.5 Training Montage RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 6 1.5 Training Montage RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 5 1.4 A First Day of Training RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 5 1.4 A First Day of Training RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 4 1.3 Finding Space RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 4 1.3 Finding Space RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 3 1.2 Settling In RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 3 1.2 Settling In RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 2 1.1 New Beginnings RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 2 1.1 New Beginnings RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 1 1.0 Prologue - The Final Battle RoyalRoadL
A Prose of Years 1 1.0 Prologue - The Final Battle RoyalRoadL