Introduction: 鈥淐ollect souls. Grow stronger. The continent depends on it.鈥漁ak fears his own lust for war. Sadly for him, all of Pairi-Daeza stands upon the edge of a knife. Angels and demons weave their plots in the long shadows cast by the corpse of God, and he finds himself at the heart of the coming chaos.An unlucky chain of events takes Oak and his dog Geezer from the far North into the City of God, where danger lurks behind every pebble and withered blade of grass. Misfortune turns into an opportunity when a friendly demon with radical ideas about monarchy takes Oak under his patronage.Unfortunately, the joys of power are balanced with fraying sanity and the weight of responsibility. When the sins of his past rear their ugly head, Oak finds that old habits are hard to let go off and even harder to kill.To receive boons from his patron, Ashmedai, Oak must feed freshly slain souls to the infernal engine attached to his own soul. But strength alone is just a means to an end. Oak and Geezer must rescue a prisoner, escape from the city, and take their first steps on the long path to save the continent from a dragon鈥檚 folly.Someone has to do it, and Oak is the right broken man for the job.Book 1 is finished, and I am currently working on book 2.What to expect:- LitRPG elements- Meaningful and earned progression- Character and plot focused story- Found family (No harem shenanigans)- Hellhound companionRelease schedule: daily chapters for the first 30 days. Then two chapters a week, released on Monday and Friday.Read up to 20 chapters ahead on Patreon! Join for free to read one chapter ahead of Royal Road.Join the Waking Dream Discord...