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As two brothers venture deeper into the Grand City, one stands as its guardian, while the other challenges its very foundation.

The Grand City—the only bastion in a desolate world of chaos. Towering battlements encircle the city, keeping monsters out, but many more walls within keep its people segregated and in the dark. They all look to the Citadel at the center of the Grand City, its spire the only structure that can be seen over its walls, its beacon always warning of the next monster attack.

The Outskirts is all Aiden has ever known. But now that his brother, Rook, has won the Strength Trials, Aiden has a choice to make. Accept an illicit Power Stone to follow his brother deeper into the city or risk never seeing his brother again. For Aiden the choice is easy. His goal has always been to reach the Citadel for a chance to save the Outskirts from its grim fate.

Follow Aiden, Rook, and Eefa on this LitRPG Fantasy adventure where power comes at a price and the truth lies behind walls within walls.

©2025 Chicago Morales (P)2025 Chicago Morales Action & Adventure Fantasy
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The story is written like it should be on TV with audio description on. It's something about the prose that makes dialogue a bit choppy. You get a general idea of the scenery but I feel that it relies on the listener to fill in the gaps. With that said I enjoyed the story itself. I felt like the world themes were between Attack on Titan and Hunger games with magic involved. The scenes predominantly switch between two characters with little issue. I felt it was clear what was happening at any time.
Chicago Morales did a good job for the character voices.

I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.

A good story

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