The Ascension: Season 23

Five thousand contestants enter. Three hundred advance. The whole world watches. The game begins long before the first level does. For twenty-two seasons, The Ascension has taken ordinary people and turned them into names the world remembers. Season Twenty-Three promises new Classes, new progression and ten levels nobody has ever completed. Grant Cargo has spent his life being told no. He enters because one yes could finally change everything. Florentine De Fleur already has hundreds of millions watching her. The problem is that she has spent years controlling exactly what they get to see. Anton Lienart has read the rules. All of them. He would now like the rules to behave. Before they even reach Level One, the cameras are already following them, commentators are judging them, rankings are taking shape and millions of viewers are choosing their favourites. Once The Ascension begins, progression isn't optional. Levels matter. Classes change what contestants can become. Every decision leaves something behind, while the System watches closely enough to know which parts of a person might make good television. The contestants know they can be eliminated. What they don't know is how much the public really understands about the game they're watching. The world is watching. The System is watching closer. Character-driven LitRPG • Televised competition • Progression • Survival • Sci-fi • Dark humour • Mystery Book One is fully written at 37 chapters. New chapters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Final chapter 18 November.