[I have more chapters ready to post, but I need to polish my first chapters for a publisher who showed interest. So I'm on hiatus, but I'll keep everyone updated. More is coming…]The dark, damp, rat-infested underworld is no place for a human slave. Fortunately, Cricket is not human. He's a five-foot-tall insect—six if you count his antennae, and he insists that you do. He has a shiny black shell, ADHD, and a winning smile.
After all, nothing improves forced servitude like a positive attitude!
With his fellow slaves—an amiable dryad from the surface, a sour necromancer cephalopod, and a host of ratlings and lizardmen—Cricket develops a knack for combat as he assassinates rivals and hunts down deserters.
Despite his love for a good fight, however, Cricket resents furthering the agenda of a corrupt and waning empire.
When he uncovers a plot to overthrow that empire, he must decide whether his home is worth defending!
What to Expect:
-High Progression Fantasy with a Dungeons and Dragons feel
-Fun banter with clean fight scenes
-A neuro-divergent, non-human protagonist
-Depictions of slavery, violence, and racism toward non-humans
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Cricket | 18 | The Rheumakin | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 17 | Under the Underworld | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 16 | Names | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 15 | Desecration | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 14 | Preparations | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 13 | Jade | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 12 | The Ice Caverns | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 11 | Dissension | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 10 | Yunaba's Tunnels | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 9 | The Transition of Power | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 8 | Unseen Webs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 7 | Licephus Akamefuna | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 6 | Sometimes You're the Ogre | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 5 | The Catacombs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 4 | The Surface | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 3 | The Dhampiri | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 2 | The Warrens | RoyalRoadL | |
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Cricket | 1 | Home | RoyalRoadL |