Lord of the Tower

The tower's grand hall: a carpeted staircase rises to an open doorway, with two open doorways on each side.ReadNewsBooksStudyAbout
The tower's grand hall: a carpeted staircase rises to an open doorway, with two open doorways on each side.ReadNewsBooksStudyAbout
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An old walnut desk seen from above, with a candle, a quill, a sealed letter, a long sheathed wooden sword, and a cup of tea reflecting a grinning swordsman in a straw hat looking to the left.
An old walnut desk seen from above, with a candle, a quill, a sealed letter, a long sheathed wooden sword, and a cup of tea reflecting a grinning swordsman in a straw hat looking to the left.

Ryuji Sato arrives at the School of Knowledge for Gifted Children having spent a year taking contracts from the Adventurers' Guild in the dark forests. The academy was founded for research and has since become a playground for nobles, where commoners are prey. He is not looking for improvement. He is looking for answers, and he does not intend to explain why.

Released April 12, 2026

Volume I

School of Gifted Children

A commoner of unknown origin enrols at the most prestigious academy on the continent. He is the son of the Lord of the Tower.

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School of Gifted Children

Long ago the six kingdoms of Kaladria set aside their wars to face a common enemy pouring from a gate in the mountains of Eterna. The peace that followed raised a tower over that gate and bound a demon hero to guard it, neutral in all human affairs. He has broken that neutrality three times. This is the third.

Cover artwork for Lord of the Tower, Volume I: School of Gifted Children

What happened inside the Tower over the following six months is not in any history. A duel in the courtyard that shattered both barriers. A flute carved from a broken branch. A queen who decided the only way to repay her shield was to leave it behind.

Released August 27, 2026

Volume II

The Second Transgression

Four intruders carve a path through the Dark Forest toward the Tower, where their friend is being held.

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The Second Transgression

Nineteen years ago, two women fled up a mountain in a storm with assassins at their backs. One of them was the rightful Queen of Hikari. The other was her royal knight, who traded her own life to a demon to keep her lady breathing.

Cover artwork for Lord of the Tower, Volume II: The Second Transgression
A carved oak bookcase in a candlelit gothic library, holding eight books, one for each site the story is published on. In a small mirror on the wall, Suzu is reflected, studying the shelves with her hand at her chin.
A carved oak bookcase in a candlelit gothic library, holding eight books, one for each site the story is published on. In a small mirror on the wall, Suzu is reflected, studying the shelves with her hand at her chin.
Mimi sits on a moonlit veranda reading a book, beside a small table with a cup of tea and near a wooden notice board, with mountains beyond.
Mimi sits on a moonlit veranda reading a book, beside a small table with a cup of tea and near a wooden notice board, with mountains beyond.
A candlelit study where the witch Omega sits in a chair behind a desk, examining a small flame she holds in her palm, above a dossier, a map, a ledger, a scroll and an inkwell.
A candlelit study where the witch Omega sits in a chair behind a desk, examining a small flame she holds in her palm, above a dossier, a map, a ledger, a scroll and an inkwell.
Shun, seen from behind, reads in a tall carved chair turned toward a stone fireplace with a lit fire. A small table and a matching empty chair stand before the fire. Above the mantel hangs the author's portrait of a cloaked figure on a cliff facing a lit tower.
Shun, seen from behind, reads in a tall carved chair turned toward a stone fireplace with a lit fire. A small table and a matching empty chair stand before the fire. Above the mantel hangs the author's portrait of a cloaked figure on a cliff facing a lit tower.
An underground stone chamber. A gigantic round portal in a vast stone hall swirls emerald around a translucent centre, showing a vast stone cathedral hall with sunlight at its far doors. At its foot, huge but dwarfed by it, Roku, a scarred man with long black hair, sits cross-legged with his eyes shut.
An underground stone chamber. A gigantic round portal in a vast stone hall swirls emerald around a translucent centre, showing a vast stone cathedral hall with sunlight at its far doors. At its foot, huge but dwarfed by it, Roku, a scarred man with long black hair, sits cross-legged with his eyes shut.

This room is still being built.

Lord of the Tower