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Refrain of Life
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27 May 2025

A broken hero finds his place in a new world while facing warring factions and earth-shattering conflicts in the second book of a thrilling gamelit series.
Embracing his new role as Champion of the Three-Fold Alliance, Tilly bought the newly established city precious time by establishing the protection of the Sovereign Crystal. But war is coming.
Tilly only has a few weeks to master his new powers and weapons, all while the horizon darkens with a gathering horde of flesh-eating monsters. To make matters worse, he’s been given a quest that will take him deep into enemy lands in search of a mysterious Primal Aspect.
If Tilly and his party survive the harrowing journey through the Deadlands they just might claim the prize their adversaries seek—and gain the power to turn the tide of the war before it even starts.
The second volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!
J. J. Hutto is the author of the Son of Flame series, originally released on Royal Road. He moved often as a kid and became a fixture at various local libraries as a result. There, he studied under fantasy’s greatest authors and became obsessed with the hero’s journey, which likely inspired his career as a firefighter/first responder. Hutto currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is pursuing writing full-time . . . among a few other dubious professions.