Read Voice of the Necromancer FREE on Royal Road

If you've been curious about my new Necropomp series but haven't stepped into Wen's world yet, you now have another way to begin.

Voice of the Necromancer, Book One of the Necropomp series, is now available to read for free on Royal Road.

Yes. The whole journey begins there.

Meet Wen

Wen is sixteen years old.

He's a stable boy.

He tends pigs.

And becoming a necromancer was definitely not part of his plans.

Unfortunately, plans have a habit of becoming irrelevant when you kill a necromancer and discover that death hasn't stopped him from talking.

Because the necromancer is still there.

Inside Wen's head.

Still arrogant. Still knowledgeable. Still extremely opinionated.

And Wen is beginning to discover that whatever happened between them has changed him in ways he doesn't yet understand.

Welcome to Necropomp

The name of the series contains a clue to the larger story:

Necromancy + Psychopomp = Necropomp.

Voice of the Necromancer introduces Wen and a dark fantasy world of death, souls, forbidden magic, ancient traditions and an empire that continues to expand across everything in its path.

But the real engine of the series is something much more personal.

What happens when defeating an enemy doesn't get rid of them?

What happens when that enemy becomes a voice in your head?

And what happens when that voice knows things you desperately need to learn?

Wen is going to have to find out.

Why Royal Road?

I've started publishing my work on Royal Road because I want to build a stronger connection with readers while these worlds are still growing.

Palmista Press continues to handle the professional proofreading and editing process for my books. Royal Road serves a different purpose.

It's where you get to be part of the journey.

Read the chapters. Follow the story. Leave comments. Tell me which characters you're enjoying. Tell me what surprised you. And, when you've read enough to form an opinion, please consider leaving a rating or review.

Those reviews are especially valuable to an author. They help other readers discover the story, but they also give me something equally important: an understanding of what readers genuinely connect with.

The Story Is Already Continuing

Voice of the Necromancer is only Book One.

I've already completed Book Two, Voice of the Demonologist, and the manuscript is currently undergoing its first review with the Palmista Press proof readers.

So Wen's story isn't waiting for me to decide what happens next.

It's already moving.

And if you join him now, you're getting in right at the beginning.

Read It for Free

If you enjoy dark fantasy, necromancy, progression, reluctant heroes, dangerous magic, sarcastic voices that really should have stayed dead, and worlds that become larger the deeper you venture into them, I'd love for you to give the series a try.

Read Voice of the Necromancer for free on Royal Road.

And if you enjoy it, please follow, rate, comment, or leave a review. Every bit of reader support helps this strange new world grow.

Welcome to Necropomp.

Try not to listen to the voices in your head.

Actually...

That may no longer be an option.