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Graveborn Ascension
Paperback
Series: Ascension Trilogy, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 10 2026
Pages: 786
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At 11:47 PM, the town of Black Hollow disappears.
A crimson barrier seals every road, monsters flood the streets, and every survivor is forced into a deadly System that grants classes, levels, and skills. Survival is no longer about luck. It is about becoming stronger before something stronger finds you.
Ethan Vale awakens as Graveborn, a cursed class with a 97% fatality rate. Its abilities consume his own life to unleash devastating power. Every battle leaves him stronger, but every victory twists his body, feeds the corruption spreading through his soul, and drags him one step closer to becoming the very monster humanity fears.
While powerful Players build factions and fight for control, Ethan is treated as expendable. Only Lena Mercer, a rare Lightbearer healer, believes he can still be saved. But every time she uses her healing magic, Ethan's corruption spreads to her, forcing them to choose between survival and the price of saving each other.
As Black Hollow falls district by district, Ethan uncovers a terrifying truth. The System was never designed to save humanity. It is watching. It is judging. And it has chosen him for a purpose buried deep beneath the town.
Perfect for fans of dark LitRPG, progression fantasy, and dungeon apocalypse stories, Graveborn Ascension delivers brutal combat, meaningful progression, dangerous class evolution, eldritch mystery, and a hero whose greatest enemy may be the power keeping him alive.
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