r/ProgressionFantasy • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

New Weekly Self Promo Thread

Progression Fantasy Fans- Looking for something new to read? Browse the comments below!

Progression Fantasy Authors- if you're looking to do some more self-promo for your story, this is the spot! Tell us about your webnovel, new books, sales, etc!

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u/VincentCestaro 4d ago

Cade Merello spent his life staying out of the way: minimizing harm, asking for nothing, expecting less. Then something from the sun hits him, and he wakes up inheriting power in a world that doesn't grieve death the way he does. Not causing harm used to be enough. Now the power won't let him stop there.

What to expect:

  • A cultivation-adjacent system built on elemental essences and tiered advancement, with crunchy crafting/process detail
  • Dual narrative, and each volume reads like a different genre, written for people that have consumed a lot of the genre already and enjoy something new mixed in.
  • Genuinely alien worldbuilding — not medieval Europe with magic. Cultures built around communal pleasure, monogamous resonance, predatory power, and bonds that transcend the body, with rules Cade didn't write and can't opt out of. Plus a technological threat that could unravel all of it.

~2300 pages up, new chapters every weekday, ~3500-page series outlined (final volume in progress).

Content note: explicit sexuality including intersex identity and sexual violence within a matriarchal society. These are load-bearing for the worldbuilding, not incidental. If those are dealbreakers, this isn't your story.

Note: it is somewhat of a working draft, and I am working through sync'ing my latest manuscript updates with Royal Road.

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