The Warriors

War-averse battlefield medic Mara Holt wants only to keep refugees alive — but to do it she must play double-agent for a conquest-hungry war god while building a hidden sanctuary in the crater of a dead goddess. With monster pacts instead of armies and faith as her sharpest weapon, the settlement's devotion births a brand-new defensive deity in real time. A LitRPG of survival, ecology, and improvised divinity, where the only way to protect a home is to hide it from the gods who rule the world.

The Books

Book 1

Quiet Legion

War feeds the gods of Cindara, but Mara Holt only wants to survive it. A medic marked for "monster control," she stumbles upon a volcanic crater with the bones of a dead hearth goddess—a place hidden from the heavens and the hells. As refugees flood her hidden sanctuary, she isn’t just building a refuge; she’s cultivating a new ideal, a quiet legion built on defense, not devotion. Yet in a land where faith is a weapon, even a whispered hope is a threat. Every wall built, every mouth fed, every new secret oath is a grain of sand against the divine storm. Can Mara’s quiet revolution stand when the war gods notice the flicker of a flame they did not light?

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Book 2

Crater Oaths

In the shadow of a dead goddess, Mara Holt’s secret sanctuary flourishes. Farms sprout and workshops hum within the mountain crater, a defiant whisper against a world of conquest. But survival demands more than hidden harvests; it requires pacts. When Mara develops the eerie ability to interpret the monsters at their gates and Nessa forges a tenuous alliance with the lake’s ancient creatures, the refuge gains its first defense. Yet, every act of growth inches closer to discovery. A war patrol’s near-miss forces a desperate gamble, and with each secret kept, the fragile peace threatens to shatter. As the sanctuary’s power grows, so does the danger of it being found. Will their refuge become their tomb?

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Book 3

Bastion Rising

The war-gods demand more blood, but Mara Holt has carved a sanctuary in Cindara’s mountain crater, a refuge built on the bones of a dead goddess. As Book 3 of The Oath Bastion unfolds, the fragile peace she forged shatters. A goddess is born from the hearth and the warriors who flock to her, but devotion is a volatile fuel. To protect her people, Mara escalates a dangerous deception, risking everything with fake monster raids. When a wounded dragon appears, it’s a potential asset or a fiery doom. And when High Cantor Rell’s audit arrives, he’s closing in on her secret. The noose is tightening around Bastion. Can the sanctuary stand against gods, monsters, and the weight of its own creation?

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Book 4

Siege of Bastion

War is a plague. For medic Mara Holt, it’s a cage she’s spent years weaponizing, carving a sanctuary in a god-forsaken mountain while serving the very god who enslaves her. Now, Stennth has sent Rath the Banner to shatter Bastion’s walls. The outer pats falter, the first breach opens, and faith flickers. To hold, Mara must forge a new kind of power—not from conquest, but from desperate, unified defense. The ward holds, a divine shield proving their miracle works. But the siege has only just begun.

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Book 5

Wardfire

In the crucible of Wardfire, Mara’s mountain refuge is no longer a secret. As Cindara’s war gods tighten their grip, her sanctuary expands—walls rise, wards are fortified, and a tenuous peace is forged with monstrous neighbors. But every pact demands a price: tribute, labor, and the dragon’s hunger that threatens to devour their harvest. Can the bastion’s growth outpace the strains of survival? As the foundation of Mara’s new world is tested, the cost of sanctuary may just be its own collapse.

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Book 6

Hidden Roads

In the war-gods' shadow, Mara Holt’s hidden refuge in a dead goddess’s crater is no longer enough. Devotion has birthed a new goddess, and the network must expand. Book 6 charts the forging of new bastions. Mara maps secret storm routes between islands, while gnome liftwrights craft unglamorous airships for covert travel. A second node rises, bound by an unbreakable oath. But the promise of refuge draws Wispknife cultists into the heart of the network, their motives unknown. As the first oaths are sealed, the roads between the safe havens become a battlefield. Can the new bonds hold against the enemies creeping in the shadows?

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Book 7

Oath Network

In the crucible of endless war, Mara Holt’s secret refuges have become a lifeline. Now, those scattered sanctuaries must unite or fall. As Oath Network, Mara’s command expands from local leader to the heart of a desperate coalition, coordinating convoys and defenses across a continent under siege. When war gods starve the network by cutting off trade routes, every decision weighs thousands of lives. The Felari and Lowen routes become the only arteries of survival, but even they are fraying. Can Mara’s new network hold against a two-front assault, or will the oaths binding them shatter under the strain? The war’s turning point is here.

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Book 8

Homeforge

War gods descend, launching their greatest assault yet to crush the rebellion at its heart. In Book 8 of The Oath Bastion, Mara Holt’s refuge inside the mountain crater becomes the epicenter of the final stand. As the combined forces of the pantheon converge, Bastion manifests, its towering power a last shield for the nascent community. Mara must do more than direct defense; she must risk everything to stabilize a fragile pact, stepping from the shadows to confront the divine directly. The price of their survival is manifesting their full power, but every ward cast, every oath sworn, pushes them closer to becoming the very gods they sought to defy. Can the heart of their defiance endure the onslaught, or will the cost of peace be annihilation?

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