thebusnovel 
From murdered thief to unstoppable force of darkness—watch as evil itself takes shape and spreads, consuming everything in its shadow. This grimdark horror fantasy traces a supernatural entity's transformation through undeath, exploring themes of malevolence, revenge, and cold calculation. Slow-burn progression drives the narrative as a non-human protagonist strategizes toward godhood while remaining hidden from the world's gods and wizards. Steeped in atmospheric dread and monsters, this tale reveals how a single obsession can corrupt an entire realm. Weekly updates.
- Chapter 1: Blood Money
- Chapter 2: Those that Followed
- Chapter 3: Taming the Swamp
- Chapter 4: Gazing into the Abyss
- Chapter 5: The Birth of a Necromancer
- Chapter 6: A Trip Into Town
- Chapter 7: Claiming the Village
- Chapter 8: Silence is Golden
- Chapter 9: Heroes for Hire
- Chapter 10: Just For The Night
- Chapter 11: The Leftovers
- Chapter 12: The Broken Bard of Blackwater
- Chapter 13: Heroes All
- Chapter 14: The Storm
- Chapter 15: Solovino’s Last Song
- Chapter 16: The Goblins
- Chapter 17: The Viscount
- Chapter 18: A Taste of Ashes
- Chapter 19: Dying Embers
- Chapter 20: A Growing Threat
- Chapter 21: Uncertain Promises
- Chapter 22: Extinguished
- Chapter 23: The Spoils
- Chapter 24: Muddy Waters
- Chapter 25: Laying the Foundations
- Chapter 26: A World On Fire
- Chapter 27: Slaughter
- Chapter 28: A Bold Vision
- Chapter 29: Deeper Currents
- Chapter 30: Tainted Waters
- Chapter 31: Lost in the Dark
- Chapter 32: Draining the Swamp
- Chapter 33: The Tide of Progress
- Chapter 34: Regaining Control
- Chapter 35: Every Single Body
- Chapter 36: Big Game
- Chapter 37: Forged in Fire
- Chapter 38: Spreading Plagues
- Chapter 39: Nightly Raids
- Chapter 40: Walking Back Through Time
- Chapter 41: Seen and Unseen
- Chapter 42: The Drowned Woman
- Chapter 43: Bait
- Chapter 44: Paying the Toll
- Chapter 45: The Drought
- Chapter 46: Fever Pitch
- Chapter 47: Taking Shelter
- Chapter 48: The Betrayed
- Chapter 49: An Inexplicable Aftermath
- Chapter 50: Comeuppance
- Chapter 51: Darkest Past
- Chapter 52: Dark Missives
- Chapter 53: Squire Todd
- Chapter 54: Gone
- Chapter 55: Things that Should not Be
- Chapter 56: The Under Temple
- Chapter 57: The Purge
- Chapter 58: A Fitting Sacrifice
- Chapter 59: At Long Last
- Chapter 60: A Public Spectacle
- Chapter 61: Petty Little Lives
- Chapter 62: Dead Man Walking
- Chapter 63: City of the Dead
- Chapter 64: Blight
- Chapter 65: A New Order
- Chapter 66: Purified
- Chapter 67: The Shadow of Dishonor
- Chapter 68: Mournden
- Chapter 69: The Eternal Flame
- Chapter 70: Foundations
- Chapter 71: Brick by Brick
- Chapter 72: True Form
- Chapter 73: Anointed
- Chapter 74: Heart of Darkness
- Chapter 75: A One Armed Priest
- Chapter 76: Saint Erdins Day
- Chapter 77: Well of Darkness
- Chapter 78: The Fourth Horseman
- Chapter 79: -Cautious Decent
- Chapter 80: Kingdom of the Dead
- Chapter 81: Incarnated
- Chapter 82: Divine Fury
- Chapter 83: Devoured Whole
- Chapter 84: The Circle
- Chapter 85: The End of Days (1)
- Chapter 86: The End of Days (2)
- Chapter 87: A Night of Blood (1)
- Chapter 88: A Night of Blood (2)
- Chapter 89: The Infinite Dark
- Chapter 90: An End for Abenend
- Chapter 91: Safe Harbor
- Chapter 92: A New Dawn
- Chapter 93: Ten Thousand Candles
- Chapter 94: Slowly Stirring
- Chapter 95: The March to War
- Chapter 96: Penumbral
- Chapter 97: Between the Darkness and the Light
- Chapter 98: Godfall
- Chapter 99: Pure Futility
- Chapter 100: The Vanguard
- Chapter 101: A Shot in the Dark
- Chapter 102: Leviathan
- Chapter 103: Cut Off
- Chapter 104: The Last Ship Home
- Chapter 105: Unexpected Difficulties
- Chapter 106: Last Minute Harvest
- Chapter 107: War Without End
- Chapter 108: A Hard Winter
- Chapter 109: Turnabout
- Chapter 110: A Season of Ice
- Chapter 111: Breakthrough
- Chapter 112: Beneath it All
- Chapter 113: One Last Voyage
- Chapter 114: Wheat from the Chaff
- Chapter 115: Better Left Buried
- Chapter 116: -The Saddest View
- Chapter 117: Breach
- Chapter 118: Night After Night
- Chapter 119: Cat And Mouse
- Chapter 120: Last Rites
- Chapter 121: A Battle of Will
- Chapter 122: Fog of War
- Chapter 123: Payback
- Chapter 124: The Greater Good
- Chapter 125: For the Best Reasons
- Chapter 126: Wall of Stone
- Chapter 127: Starve Them Out
- Chapter 128: Battle Lines
- Chapter 129: Seeds of Darkness
- Chapter 130: The End of Winter
- Chapter 131: Old Friends
- Chapter 132: Bread Crumbs
- Chapter 133: Total Eclipse
- Chapter 134: Violation
- Chapter 135: Breakwater
- Chapter 136: Breakwater (2)
- Chapter 137: A Long Night
- Chapter 138: One More Sunrise
- Chapter 139: A Convoluted Convocation
- Chapter 140: All Night’s Falling
- Chapter 141: Burned in Effigy
- Chapter 142: The Feast Nearby
- Chapter 143: Vengeance not Victory
- Chapter 144: A Wider View
- Chapter 145: Ever On - End Book 3
- Chapter 146: A Lifeless Husk
- Chapter 147: Laying the Groundwork
- Chapter 148: The Dark Garden
- Chapter 149: Something New
- Chapter 150: Sanctuary
- Chapter 151: Pieces of the Puzzle
- Chapter 152: A Long Time Coming
- Chapter 153: A Long Time Coming (2)
- Chapter 154: Unrecognizable
- Chapter 155: A Long Shot
- Chapter 156: Widening Gyre
- Chapter 157: Sands of Time
- Chapter 158: The Undiscovered Land
- Chapter 159: Uneasy Silence
- Chapter 160: Foreign Gods
- Chapter 161: An End for Abenend
- Chapter 162: Awakening the Wolf
- Chapter 163: Digging for Answers
- Chapter 164: Soon
- Chapter 165: Sight Beyond Sight
- Chapter 166: The Long Way Down
- Chapter 167: Ever Further
- Chapter 168: Nothing Ever Happens
- Chapter 169: All Just a Game
- Chapter 170: The Death of a Dream
- Chapter 171: Almost Done
- Chapter 172: The Ashes of Civilization
- Chapter 173: Waiting Forever
- Chapter 174: Return to Nature
- Chapter 175: Prepared for Anything
- Chapter 176: Forever’s End
- Chapter 177: Forever’s End (2)
- Chapter 178: New Moon
- Chapter 179: Catching the Scent
- Chapter 180: Setting the Table
- Chapter 181: Just an Appetizer
- Chapter 182: Main Course
- Chapter 183: Devoured Whole
- Chapter 184: Lost in Thought
- Chapter 185: The Turning
- Chapter 186: Shattered - End Book 4
- Chapter 187: Hunted
- Chapter 188: Desperate Times
- Chapter 189: The View From Above
- Chapter 190: Dark World
- Chapter 191: Poison Jar
- Chapter 193: Fragile Hope
- Chapter 194: Ravenous
- Chapter 195: Pretense of Power
- Chapter 196: A Shedding of Skin
- Chapter 197: Drinking the Ocean
- Chapter 198: Another Problem
- Chapter 199: Wayward
- Chapter 200: The World Below
- Chapter 201: Purging the Darkness
- Chapter 202: Purging the Darkness (2)
- Chapter 203: Something New
- Chapter 204: The Forge
- Chapter 205: A Chance Encounter
- Chapter 206: A Return to Normalcy
- Chapter 207: Quenching the Forge
- Chapter 208: Primeval
- Chapter 209: Primeval (2)
- Chapter 210: A Brief History Lesson
- Chapter 211: A Taste of Light
- Chapter 212: A Flickering Candle
- Chapter 213: Total Eclipse
- Chapter 214: Final Form
- Chapter 215: Among the Ashes
- Chapter 216: Loose Ends
- Chapter 217: Something Missing
- Chapter 218: A Starless Sky
- Chapter 219: Free For All
- Chapter 220: The Last Day
- Chapter 221: The Last Day (2)
- Chapter 222: The Infinite Dark