Pretenders to the Throne

Gilead du Carbennic was born to be a weapon. But not just any weapon; a Knight of the Round Table, slaying monsters and villains in the name of King Arthur. 

When Gilead dies an unheroic death, though, there is no awaiting afterlife: instead, the dishonored knight awakens in the world of Scrapyard, a strange pocket universe made of shards of other realities, where civilization holds on by a thread and violence is the order of the day. 

After a vision from Gilead’s long-dead lover commands the death of The Old Man in the Tower, Scrapyard’s creator, Gilead must decide: gather allies, make war upon an unkillable demigod, and risk another death? Or find out what it’s like living a life with more to it than just the next thing to kill… Also posted on Royal Road! Updates every Friday. Cover art by @royale on bluesky. — Description from novelcodex.org