The Series
The Shattered Covenant
The Shattered Covenant unfolds in serialized parts, each building toward a larger reckoning, from rural obscurity into political fracture and spiritual confrontation. Read chapter by chapter, or wait for the collected volumes.
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Real-Time Journey
Each installment advances the tension: spiritual, political, and personal.
Prelude26 minSeeds of Discontent
Before unease settled and shadows deepened, there was Kinlan, a village bound by tradition. But as autumn arrived, so did unsettling signs: bold wolves, an early frost, and warnings of judgment. Amidst this growing disquiet, Malak Crosswell, a man with a guarded past, feels the peace of Kinlan tremble, while his son Galot's gaze drifts towards a wider world. The stillness is breaking, and the first seeds of doubt have taken root, hinting at a future no one yet foresees.
Part 2 · Chapter 124 minThe First Fracture
The road bends northward, but the past refuses to stay buried. As Kinlan disappears behind him, Malak carried more than a sword. He carried regrets. In this first chapter of a new leg, bonds are tested, and the storm and the wolves in the distance are not just nature. It's a battle.
Part 3 · Chapters 2 & 329 minMending the Cracks
Some wounds will not heal, except by grace. Winter arrives too early in Kinlan, and with it, a chill deeper than frost. Malak returns from battle carrying more than scars. He brings a prisoner bound in silence, and chains that stir dread. Galot senses the tension and feels the stirrings of something more: a longing for purpose, a hunger for truth, and questions his father won't answer. As the town braces for a season of uncertainty, a darker season unfolds beyond its borders. Outside forces are not gone. And what they seek cannot remain hidden forever.
Part 4 · Chapter 423 minThe Weight of Chains
The journey commences with uncertainty shadowing the way ahead. Malak Crosswell transports a captive thief while investigating a mysterious stolen stone, though the cold proves more intense than expected and truth remains elusive. Rho harbors secrets that may surface, or stay concealed. Meanwhile, Galot departs the farm for the first time, discovering that the road is a harsh teacher testing both his archery skills and his resolve.
Part 5 · Chapter 535 minBlood on the Roots
Blood stains the ground after a dark vow. Malak Crosswell navigates a path defined by silence and its repercussions, weighed down by memory and duty. Galot faces a test of courage that exposes his limits. Rho communicates through mysterious language. The woodland realm seems sentient. Arlinstead lies somewhere in the distance ahead, growing closer through an increasingly bitter journey.
Part 6 · Chapter 636 minThe Covenant
As the company approaches Arlinstead, Malak Crosswell reveals a long-buried covenant that has since fractured. His account serves as a reckoning rather than a lesson, with Galot listening, Lori observing, Rho stirring in chains, and the town ahead holding memories it shouldn't.
Part 7 · Chapter 748 minArlinstead
Arlinstead welcomes them with warmth too perfect, smiles too synchronized, and streets scrubbed too clean. But beneath the firelight and ritual chants, something older stirs, something dressed in reverence, but hollow at the core.
Part 8 · Chapter 828 minThe Flight
Arlinstead burns as Malak leads his company northward through harsh terrain, pursued by the Ashen. Carrying a consequential stone, they flee through frosted ravines while realizing escape alone won't suffice. When combat inevitably comes, restraint will prove as vital as strength, forcing each member to confront their evolving character.
Part 9 · Chapter 943 minEmma
Grenwood offers temporary refuge, but the company fractures from within. Tensions emerge over mercy and responsibility as the group heads west toward Lorn, with departures in the morning that won't be unanimous.
Part 10 · Chapter 1030 minThe Road to Lorn
The journey north grows perilous as horses fail and internal tensions mount. When the fugitives emerge onto a well-maintained road, they discover it belongs to the Covenant, a patrolled route offering no escape. As torches ignite on both sides, danger shifts from pursuit to confrontation.
Part 11 · Chapter 1133 minThe Dividing Road
The road does not divide by choice. What began as pursuit becomes procession, and the miles to Lorn are no longer traveled freely. The narrative follows bound prisoners en route to the city of Lorn, where power resides in ancient stone and the Covenant operates openly. Not all will reach the gates; an unexpected presence awaits within the walls that will alter subsequent events.
Part 12 · Chapter 1273 minJosephine
A few weeks after Malak rides out from Kinlan, Josephine watches the valley grow uneasy. Rumors spread. Covenant riders arrive. And the road to Lorn begins opening before her.
Part 13 · Chapter 1369 minThe HearingLatest
In Lorn, questions begin where charges were expected. Josephine waits in a garden whose name does not fit it, then sits across a cold table from a man who does not give his name. Malak waits in a cell three doors down from one he does not know. Outside the walls, the city leans toward a feast that is not what it appears.
About the Serialized Edition
The Shattered Covenant is currently being released in short serialized installments. Each chapter is available individually on Kindle as it is written. When the story is complete, the full work will also be released as a single paperback and Kindle edition at a lower total price.
Each installment is itself a first edition, a record of the story as it was first released. The eventual complete novel is a separate edition; if revisions arrive as the larger work takes shape, they live there, not in the installments. The serial editions stay as they were published, preserved as readers first encountered them.
Readers who choose the serialized version are supporting the work as it is being written and experiencing the story as it unfolds in real time.
Included with Kindle Unlimited: subscribers can read every installment, including new serialized chapters as they are released.