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Grey Vale (Vol. 2-12) - [A Grimdark Arthurian Epic][Graphic War Novel] [Extreme Battlefield Violence] [Stoic MC]

Grey Vale (Vol. 2-12) - [A Grimdark Arthurian Epic][Graphic War Novel] [Extreme Battlefield Violence] [Stoic MC]

by Grey Vale

ActionApocalypseChivalryDramaDystopia

Grey Vale is a grimdark reimagining of the Arthurian legend, told through a cinematic lens and grounded in the brutal reality of war. Kingdoms are not built by destiny. They are carved from mud, blood, and bone. The battles are not heroic, they are mechanical, exhausting, and final. In this world, Arthur and Mordred are brothers, raised together in Camelot. They are bonded by blood, firelight, and innocence. But everything changes the night their father, Uther Pendragon, lies dying. Merlin places a sword in his hands that was never meant for mortal kings. A blade forged beyond this world.A blade that hungers.A blade that whispers. When Uther dies, Arthur inherits both crown and curse. At first, the change is subtle.  A coldness in his voice, a fever behind his eyes, a growing taste for war. Only Mordred sees the truth hiding beneath the glory. The sword was consuming Arthur from within. Some tell Arthur’s tale as shining legend. Grey Vale tells it as truth because no kingdom falls in a single night. It rots slowly, one whispered promise, one cursed blade, one broken brotherhood at a time.

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1(Vol.1)Prologue Part 1 The Burnt Book0----
2(Vol.1) Prologue Part 2: When Fire Learned to March0----
3(Vol.1)Chapter 1 The Blood of Kings0----
4(Vol.1)Chapter 2 The King’s Red Heart0----
5(Vol.1)Chapter 3 The Man Beneath the Armor0----
6(Vol.1)Chapter 4 A Kingdom Made of Bark and Silence.0----
7(Vol.1)Chapter 5 The Red Hour0----
8(Vol.1)Chapter 6 Where Fire learned to Speak0----
9(Vol.1)Chapter 7 A Throne Without a King0----
10(Vol.1)Chapter 8 Sleep Is for the Living.0----
11(Vol.1)Chapter 9 Where The Wolves Gather0----
12(Vol.1)Chapter 10 The Long Death0----
13(Vol.1)Chapter 11 Ashes In Their Mouths0----
14(Vol.1)Chapter 12 The Last Quiet0----
15(Vol.1)Chapter 13 The First Breach0----
16(Vol.1)Chapter 14 The Inheritance0----
17(Vol.1)Chapter 15 No King but Death0----
18(Vol.2) Chapter 1 By Fire0----
19(Vol.2) Chapter 2 The First March0----
20(Vol.2) Chapter 3 Eight Years at the Edge0----
21(Vol.2) Chapter 4 The King Was Not Asking0----
22(Vol.2) Chapter 5 Figures In The Dark0----
23(Vol.2) Chapter 6 The Forest walks with us.0----
24(Vol.2) Chapter 7 Predators Do Not Hide0----
25(Vol.2) Chapter 8 Lessons on the King’s Road0----
26(Vol.2) Chapter 9 Measured Steps0----
27(Vol.2) Chapter 10 What We Can Carry0----
28(Vol.2) Chapter 11 The Last Night in the Square0----
29(Vol.2) Chapter 12 The King’s Favor0----
30(Vol.2) Chapter 13 The Long March Ends0----
31(Vol.2) Chapter 14 Three Choices0----
32(Vol.2) Chapter 15 The Captain's Table0----
33(Vol.2) Chapter 16 The King Command's0----
34(Vol.2) Chapter 17 The Great Hall0----
35(Vol.2) Chapter 18 Inspection by Dusk0----
36(Vol.2) Chapter 19 Dawn Awaits Us0----
37(Vol.2) Chapter 20 Stepping off.0----
38(Vol.2) Chapter 21 Scouts on The Move.0----
39(Vol.2) Chapter 22 The First Lords Land's0----
40(Vol.2) Chapter 23 Devoured From Within.0----
41(Vol.2) Chapter 24 The Kings inheritance0----
42(Vol.2) Chapter 25 The Cost of Silence.0----
43(Vol.2) Chapter 26 What is Owed0----
44(Vol.2) Chapter 27 The King Walks0----
45(Vol.2) Chapter 28 All Belong to Me.0----
46(Vol.2) Chapter 29 A World of Ash and Soot.0----
47(Vol.2) Chapter 30 The World Lacks Discipline0----
48(Vol.2) Chapter 31 Training Grounds0----
49(Vol.2) Chapter 32 The Council Chamber0----
50(Vol.2) Chapter 33 Built to Break Men0----
51(Vol.2) Chapter 34 The Dragon and The Lion0----
52(Vol.2) Chapter 35 Night City Life0----
53(Vol.2) Chapter 36 The Silent Hand0----
54(Vol.2) Chapter 37 Eyes on the Gate0----
55(Vol.2) CHapter 38 The Man In The Dark0----
56(Vol.2) Chapter 39 Eighty Against the City0----
57(Vol.2) Chapter 40 Furniture In The Street0----
58(Vol.2) Chapter 41 A Plan with Style0----
59(Vol.2) Chapter 42: The Governor’s Hall0----
60(Vol.2) Chapter 43: Arthur0----
61(Vol.2) Chapter 44: The Better Outcome0----
62(Vol.2) Chapter 45: The Uprooting0----
63(Vol.2) Chapter 46: A Captain and His Horse0----
64(Vol.2) Chapter 47: The Eastern Road0----
65(Vol.2) Chapter 48: From One Bandit to Another0----
66(Vol.2) Chapter 49: The Road To Camelot0----
67(Vol.2) Chapter 50: The Road to the Dragon0----
68(Vol.2) Chapter 51: The General Has Arrived0----
69(Vol.2) Chapter 52: The War Machine0----
70IMPORTANT: CONTINUE VOLUME 1 ON AMAZON0----
71(Vol.2) Chapter 53: The Lion Arrives.0----
72(Vol.2) Chapter 54: Small Wings0----
73(Vol.2) Chapter 55: The Lion's Warning0----
74(Vol.2) Chapter 56: Blackstone0----
75(Vol.2) Chapter 57: A Day Without Orders0----
76(Vol.2 Chapter 58: A City of Questions0----
77(Vol.2) Chapter 59: The Broken Wheel0----
78(Vol.2) Chapter 60: Polished Knives0----
79(Vol.2) Chapter 61: Dreven Voss0----
80(Vol.2) Chapter 62 Iron & Silver0----
81(Vol.2) Chapter 63: The Invitation0----
82(Vol.2) Chapter 64: The Crates0----
83(Vol.2) Chapter 65: A Ring For A Kingdom0----
84(Vol.2) Chapter 66: House Vermonthe0----
85(Vol.2) Chapter 67: The Hammer of the Deep0----
86(Vol.2) Chapter 68: The Nice Man Returns0----
87(Vol.2) Chapter 69: Grugg's Hammer0----
88(Vol.2) Chapter 70: The Whistle0----
89(Vol.2) Chapter 71: One Crown0----
90(Vol.2) Chapter 72: No Strings Attached0----
91(Vol.2) Chapter 73: The First Stone Falls0----
92(Vol.2) Chapter 74: Justice Belonged to Someone Else.0----
93(Vol.2) Chapter 75: The Giant's Judgment0----
94(Vol.2) Chapter 76: When The Mountain Wakes0----
95(Vol.2) Chapter 77: The Streets of Blackstone0----
96(Vol.2) Chapter 78: The Ride South0----
97(Vol.2) Chapter 79: Cut Through Them0----
98(Vol.2) Chapter 80: Embers in the Dark0----
99(Vol.2) Chapter 81: The Crossroads0----
100(Vol.2) Chapter 82: Old Campaigns0----
101(Vol.2) Chapter 83: What The Red Sword Brings0----
102(Vol.2) Chapter 84: Winters Heart—----
103Update on Grey Vale: The Relaunch—----
104Grey Vale Update: Where I've Been & What's Coming0----
105(Vol.1)Chapter 16 The Throne0----
106(Vol.1)Chapter 17 The Pyre0----
107(Vol.1)Chapter 18 Camelots Crown0----
108(Vol.1)Chapter 19 A Feast In The Famine0----
109(Vol.1)Chapter 20 The Weight of Restraint0----
110(Vol.1)Chapter 21 The Price of Mercy0----
111(Vol.1)Chapter 22 The Blade Turned Inward0----
112(Vol.1)Chapter 23 The Courtyard of Silence0----
113(Vol.1)Chapter 24 The Kings Wrath0----
114(Vol.1)Chapter 25 The Weight of Obedience 0----
115(Vol.1)Chapter 26 Bones In The Dark0----
116(Vol.1)Chapter 27 When The Sword Spoke0----
117(Vol.1)Chapter 28 The Two Camps0----
118(Vol.1)Chapter 29 The Courtyard Ran Red0----
119(Vol.1)Chapter 30 Steel Your Eyes0----
120(Vol.1)Chapter 31 The Road of Hunger.0----
121(Vol.1)Chapter 32 The Camp of The Wolf0----
122(Vol.1)Chapter 33 Earn Your Place.0----
123(Vol.1)Chapter 34 The Ring of Bruises0----
124(Vol.1)Chapter 35 Among The Wolves.0----
125(Vol.1)Chapter 36 Only Steel Matters.0----
126(Vol.1)Chapter 37 The Split of Steel.0----
127(Vol.1)Chapter 38 White Steer Manor0----
128(Vol.1)Chapter 39 A Lords Plea.0----
129(Vol.1)Chapter 40 No Mercy for Thieves0----
130(Vol.1)Chapter 41 The Dead We Carry0----
131(Vol.1)Chapter 42 Gold For The Living, Silence For The Dead0----
132(Vol.1)Chapter 43 Sheperds of Steel0----
133(Vol.1)Chapter 44 The Tax Collector0----
134(Vol.1)Chapter 45 The Lords Last Laugh0----
135(Vol.1)Chapter 46 The Breaking Of Chains.0----
136(Vol.1)Chapter 47 Songs on the Road Home0----
137(Vol.1)Chapter 48 The Weight of Names0----
138(Vol.1)Chapter 49 Songs of Canvas And Steel.0----
139(Vol.1)Chapter 50 Lessons By Firelight0----
140Chapter 51 The Gates of Hambridge0----
141Chapter 52 The Wolves In The Alley0----
142Chapter 53 Three Crowns For The Dead0----
143Chapter 54 Drunken Saints.0----
144Chapter 55 The Bow and Dagger0----
145Chapter 56 The Making of Steel0----
146Chapter 57 The Measure of Men0----
147Chapter 58 The Iron Pact0----
148Chapter 59 The Throat of The Woods.0----
149Chapter 60 The Dead Don’t Blink0----
150Chapter 61 Gods Of War0----
151Chapter 62 The Line Buckles0----
152Chapter 63 Breaker of Men0----
153Chapter 64 Ring of Blood0----
154Chapter 65 Iron Hides0----
155Chapter 66 No Banners, No Songs0----
156Chapter 67 The Ghosts in the Mist0----
157Chapter 68 Baines Outpost0----
158Chapter 69 What Remains0----
159Chapter 70 One Hundred And Sixty0----
160Chapter 71 Busy Hands Means Quiet Minds0----
161Chapter 72 Ghosts That Follow Us0----
162Chapter 73 Digging To The Underworld0----
163Chapter 74 No More Running0----
164Chapter 75 The Fifth Strike0----
165Chapter 76 A Safe Distance0----
166Chapter 77 The Weight of the Cloak0----
167Chapter 78 The Man Beside You0----
168Chapter 79 The Siege Begins0----
169Chapter 80 Aim for the Legs0----
170Chapter 81 Silent as a Mountain0----
171Chapter 82 The Outpost Breathes0----
172Chapter 83 Hunting For Arrows0----
173Chapter 84 The Puppet Show0----
174Chapter 85 The Beast of Timber0----
175Chapter 86 Thoom0----
176Chapter 87 The Fire Serpent0----
177Chapter 88 The Falling Crown0----
178Chapter 89 Beyond Deaths Door0----
179Chapter 90 The Weight of the Report0----
180Chapter 91 Laughter Among the Ruins0----
181Chapter 92 This Is What We Fight For0----
182Chapter 93 The Cost of the Calm0----
183Chapter 94 Monsters Who Hunt Monsters0----
184Chapter 95 Death & Glory0----
185Chapter 96 The Keep Breaks Open0----
186Chapter 97 Holding Ground0----
187Chapter 98 Hold The Line0----
188Chapter 99 Far From The Fire0----
189Chapter 100 Broken Spirits0----
190Chapter 101 Scatter Like Mice0----
191Chapter 102 Something In The Dark0----
192Chapter 103 Hunger Beneath the Floor0----
193Chapter 104 The Torch and The Trophy0----
194Chapter 105 Between Two Hells0----
195Chapter 106 The Hook In the Dark0----
196Chapter 107 The Monster In The Hall0----
197Chapter 108 The Tunnels Beneath0----
198Chapter 109 Scouts and Spirits0----
199Chapter 110 On Our Scent0----
200Chapter 111 Late To The Fight0----
201Chapter 112 Counting the Living0----
202Chapter 113 Hunting Party0----
203Chapter 114 Tusks in the Fog0----
204Chapter 115 The Biggest Thing Here0----
205Chapter 116 Brann’s Technique0----
206Chapter 117 Passing Of Leadership0----
207Chapter 118 Firelight and Laughter0----
208Chapter 119 One Last Ride0----
209Chapter 120 Into The Carrath0----
210Chapter 121 No Man’s Road0----
211Chapter 122 The Cold Takes Its Due0----
212Chapter 123 The Weak First0----
213Chapter 124 Black as Coal0----
214Chapter 125 Into The Mist0----
215Chapter 126 The End of the World0----
216Chapter 127 Snow Became Sky0----
217Chapter 128 Carrath Still Hungers0----
218Chapter 129 The Ones Still Climbing0----
219Chapter 130 Entombed0----
220Chapter 131 Out of Five Hundred0----
221Chapter 132 The Hunt That Bought Time0----
222Chapter 133 The River Below0----
223Chapter 134 Bound by the Same Road0----
224Chapter 135 The Living Found Each Other0----
225Chapter 136 The Sound of Laughter0----
226Chapter 137 The Hunt of Legends0----
227Chapter 138 Deer Slayers of Carrath0----
228Chapter 139 At First Light0----
229Chapter 140 The First Green0----
230Chapter 141 Through the White0----
231Chapter 142 Where Stone Touches Sky0----
232Chapter 143 Released from the Mountain0----
233Chapter 144 The Living0----
234Chapter 145 The Rings of the World0----
235Chapter 146 Under the Stone Crown0----
236Chapter 147 A Crown of Fangs0----
237Chapter 148 Ever Seen a Wolf Fly?0----
238Chapter 149 The Wolves in the Walls0----
239Chapter 150 The White Wolf0----
240Chapter 151 The Burden of Leadership0----
241Author’s Note: At the End of Volume One0----
242UPDATE ON VOLUME 10----