Winner of two 2023 Royal Road Writathon challenges.Saphine was a common [Ditchdigger] whose life was turned on its head when her people and the land they lived in were mysteriously destroyed overnight. Generations pass, and she re-emerges in a world that has forgotten they ever existed and is forced to pick up the pieces of her life, sort out what has happened to her, her life, and face changes and challenges from within, and without to grow.

Not all is well in the shadow of the mysterious Moarn mountains, where undead have risen for millennia, where mist blankets the land, and monsters hide in the dark, all the while crop failure brings ever worsening famine the days pass. What haunts these mountains and valleys? Can it be stopped? And how do you fight things far more powerful than yourself?

What is a [Ditchdigger] turned [Saint] to do, but bring a shovel, put in some effort, and try with help from the people she finds on the way there.

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Disclaimer

Spade Song is fundamentally a story about life, and contains elements from romance to horror to mystery. While these exist to engage with the other aspects of the story, they are present. Spade Song is also a rather slow burn, and close to a major edit, if the quality turns you off, try picking it back up later, but if you want action all the time, maybe look somewhere else.

Cover art by Novel AI