
by matt
When Earth's death is imminent, humanity is not wiped out. A mysterious system takes them all and places them in Gravesend. Calling it a crucible.Over twenty years, Humanity is pushed back into a handful of fortified regions, surrounded by monsters, rival species, and a system that rewards accomplishments with Perks, humanity is slowly losing a war it doesn’t yet understand. Harold survives twenty years of it. Long enough to see which choices mattered, which leaders failed, and which early advantages were wasted beyond recovery. Then he dies a broken tortured man, Pulled back to the moment Earth’s population is transferred to the Crucible, Harold is given a second chance. This time, he doesn’t choose safety or comfort. Instead of becoming a Crafter like before, he chooses to become a Lord and work to fix the mistakes of others.Armed with hard-earned knowledge of the future, Harold works to change humanity’s trajectory before it collapses under the same pressures again.This is a slow-paced settlement-builder/empire-builder novel with game like elements. https://www.patreon.com/c/MattLWriting
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| 0 | 30 Days | 0 |
| 1 | Miles | 0 |
| 2 | Collateral | 0 |
| 3 | Proof | 0 |
| 4 | Ingredients | 0 |
| 5 | Witnessess |
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| 6 | Confirmation | 0 |
| 7 | Momentum | 0 |
| 8 | Warehouse | 0 |
| 9 | The Day before | 0 |
| 10 | Five Minutes | 0 |
| 11 | Signal | 0 |
| 12 | Arrival | 0 |
| 13 | First Orders (Edited Jan 17 ) | 0 |
| 14 | First Windows( 17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 15 | Colonists( 17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 16 | First Night (17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 17 | Goblin Extermination (17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 18 | Vials (17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 19 | Potion (17 jan 26) | 0 |
| 20 | Two week meeting (17 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 21 | Two week meeting part 2 (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 22 | Two week meeting part 3 (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 23 | List of perks | 0 |
| 24 | Before the Road (17 jan 2026) | 0 |
| 25 | Foundation (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 26 | Sarah POV (18 jan 26) | 0 |
| 27 | Unfamiliar weight (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 28 | Learning to soldier (18 jan 26) | 0 |
| 29 | Forum Post (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 30 | Finding the dungeon-Sarah POV (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 31 | Shared trust (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 32 | Herding expedition (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 33 | Evening lessons (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 34 | The storeroom (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 35 | Sound of Hooves (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 36 | Another Meeting (18 June 26) | 0 |
| 37 | The reveal (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 38 | The sprig and blade (18 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 39 | The March begins (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 40 | The Den (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 41 | The long march (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 42 | Interrogation (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 43 | Into the forest again (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 44 | Pressure (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 45 | The duel (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 46 | Map of the Basin | 0 |
| 47 | Recovery (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 48 | Ground to Stand on (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 49 | Sarah POV (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 50 | The battle (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 51 | Ashes and spoils (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 52 | Lord Dalen POV (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 53 | Sarah POV (19 jan 26) | 0 |
| 54 | Meeting Lord Dalen (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 55 | Squaring away the Hold (19 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 56 | Work Montage (24 Jan 25) | 0 |
| 57 | March back to Landing (24 jan 26) | 0 |
| 58 | The Return (25 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 59 | A more formal council (25 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 60 | Confirming section plans (25 jan 26) | 0 |
| 61 | Opening the dungeon Loot box (25 jan 26) | 0 |
| 62 | Brooding in the window (25 jan 26) | 0 |
| 63 | Mobilization (25 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 64 | Knights to be (25 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 65 | The next move (25 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 66 | Thornwalkers Quest (26 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 67 | Thornwalkers Return (26 Jan 26) | 0 |
| 68 | Sarah's mission | 0 |
| 69 | Linking back in with everyone | 0 |
| 70 | Searching for the Thresher King | 0 |
| 71 | The cave | 0 |
| 72 | The Thresher kings rise | 0 |
| 73 | The plan | 0 |
| 74 | The escape | 0 |
| 75 | Upgrading to town | 0 |
| 76 | 8 Week recap | 0 |
| 77 | Alright, you were right. | 0 |
| 78 | Update on progress | 0 |
| 79 | Images I've been working on | 0 |
| 80 | Book 2 Chapter 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Establishing the Villages | 0 |
| 82 | 5th day of the march | 0 |
| 83 | Placing the stele | 0 |
| 84 | Book 1 Done/ Patreon created. | 0 |
| 85 | Leaving the river village | 0 |
| 86 | Tough Love | 0 |
| 87 | Knights Templar | 0 |
| 88 | Sarah's gains | 0 |
| 89 | Oath of Fealty | 0 |