Across the scorching Kethara continent — cut off from the rest of Aerthos by an impassable wasteland — caravan life means surviving the sands, the oasis politics, and the long road to godhood. As Wayne rises toward divinity among ancient Builder aqueducts, he uncovers a faith-based magic all its own, sharing a pantheon with a world he may never reach. Running concurrent with The Village, this desert-survival LitRPG opens a whole new face of the Forge multiverse. Trade, faith, and ascension, one well at a time.
The Books
Book 1
Dustwalker
He died in a bushfire and woke as a god. Wayne Mitchell, a cynical long-haul trucker, is reborn as the Dustwalker—a nascent deity of travel, summoned by the desperate prayers of caravans crossing a dying desert. With a mortal’s memory and a god’s confusing new senses, he must learn to manifest his power, not through grand acts, but by nudging luck, guiding lost souls, and answering the faintest whispers of faith. As a caravan fights its way across a shattered continent, Wayne struggles to understand his role, facing monstrous storms, treacherous passes, and the brutal reality that survival depends on his growing power. Can a man who only ever delivered freight now deliver a world from ruin?
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Book 2
The Primer
Wayne Mitchell thought he had a handle on godhood. As the unlikely deity of a desert roadhouse, he was finally getting the hang of prayers and blessings. But when three desperate pleas arrive simultaneously—an eastern caravan under brutal attack, a western caravan broken by sickness, and a southern caravan facing a twisted god—he discovers his nascent powers are a drop in the ocean. To save them, Wayne must pull off an impossible theft: infiltrate the impregnable library of his divine rivals. But even if he succeeds, the cost might be more than he can bear. In a world where gods play games with mortals, can a trucker-turned-deity change the rules, or will he be crushed by them?
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Book 3
The Foundation
To survive, the Dustwalkers built a city. To thrive, they need more. As God of Travellers, Wayne understands their future depends on forging an empire—but every step forward is met with sabotage. Ancient traps, hidden enemies, and the very foundations of their world threaten to collapse his vision. The Foundation is a race against time, where a single misstep could erase everything he’s fought to build. Can Wayne turn their hard-won sanctuary into a lasting legacy, or will the shadows consume them all?
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Book 4
The Rest
Wayne, the architect of a new world, stands on the brink of ruin. In The Rest, the fourth installment of The Travellers series, the godly haven he built—Wayrest—is under siege. From poisoned wells to infiltrator assaults, the threats from within and without are fracturing the foundation he so carefully laid. As his connection to his past and his people frays, Wayne must face a terrifying truth: the very power that forged a sanctuary might be its undoing. With the walls of his city complete and an army at his gates, he must choose what he is willing to sacrifice for a future that no longer feels secure. The price of peace has never been so steep.
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Book 5
The Strike
Wayne, the god of travellers, forged The Dustwalker Guild from ashes into a continent-spanning power. Now, prosperity has drawn the envy of kings and the scorn of gods. When the great cities refuse to honour fair rates, Wayne’s only choice is to strike. He will halt the caravans, starve their economies, and unleash the fury of the roads upon those who defy him. The price of defiance is the end of their supply lines. But a god’s power cannot be tested without consequence, and every move he makes risks fracturing the divine council—or drawing their final, decisive judgment. The wheels of commerce have stopped. The war has begun.
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Book 6
The Coalition
A god is born in fire, and a nation bleeds from within. Six books in, Wayne Mitchell, God of Travellers, has built a sanctuary from a desert outpost. But the desert always hungers, and a relentless horde now claws at their walls. The survival of his fledgling faith demands an impossible evolution: from a tribe of wanderers to a military coalition. He must forge new powers, rally divided city gods, and forge an army of believers—all while the very nature of his divine power threatens to unravel. His family is scattered, his allies are fracturing, and the cost of unity may be his own humanity. Can a trucker from Earth forge a nation in time, or will the weight of godhood crush him and everything he’s built?
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Book 7
The Sands
He was a god of creation, now an architect of annihilation. In The Sands, Book 7 of The Travellers, Keth wages war on his own domain, transforming Kethara into a world of unending, rage-fueled sandstorms. As a divine assault overwhelms mortal defenses, a desperate alliance forms to save their world. Bound by a fragile pact and shared power, they push back against a god's wrath. But in the heart of the storm, they discover a terrifying truth that shatters their unity and forces a choice: destroy Keth or be destroyed by him. The desert will be buried, or it will fight back.
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Book 8
The Road
He did the impossible. Wayne built a road, a continent-spanning network of asphalt and ambition that sheltered 25,000 followers and declared him a true god of travel. But divine power came with a divine price. A cosmic offer, whispered on the edge of reality, now dangles the next level of godhood—and demands he abandon everything he’s built. His followers see a miracle worker. The cosmos sees a tool. As an unseen threat grows within his own ranks, Wayne must confront a terrible truth: to save them, he might have to leave them behind forever.
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