Chapter 53 – Why We Do It
Now with Leon in tow, their pace was slower. But little by little, Leon came back to himself and realized the horror was behind him and opened up to Howie and Ro...
2025-08-28 00:05:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 52 – Power Differential
The soldiers had been born in a Lewis Field. Grown up in it. Presumably they had classes and enhancement metrics of their own, because Cole felt abilities ...
2025-08-25 17:15:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 51 – Leading the Charge
“Cole,” came Nona’s voice. “I’m in place. They’ve got our boy up on the battlement on the north side. He’s got his two guards wi...
2025-08-24 16:28:43 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 50 – External Motivation
The landscape had been marred with craters similar to the one he’d fought Vak in. Cole staked out a good one for them to wait and observe the fort a few...
2025-08-24 02:01:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 49 – Teachable Moment
“Lay down,” said Cole. One-hundred meters east of the underground storage room where the rest of the team waited was the remains of what might have been ...
2025-08-22 17:18:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 48 – No Warning
The sidearm bucked in his hands, held at such an odd angle and completely unsupported. But the soft innards of the demon served to muffle the report of the gun. Mo...
2025-08-21 16:22:39 +0000 UTC
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Note: The Patreon will be getting daily chapters until we're up to 20 chapters ahead of this Friday's update on Royal Road (Chapter 32). So you can keep reading updates through the weekend.
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2025-08-20 23:01:35 +0000 UTC
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Don't forget, you can join the official discord to hang out and chat with other friends whether you are a paid or free member. The link is: 2025-08-19 20:53:00 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to the surge on the Patreon, I've been able to commission the permanent cover for Department of Otherworld Rescue to replace the temporary. It's currently in progress. Thanks for your suppor...
2025-08-19 16:59:30 +0000 UTC
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Well, we hit our milestone of 150 members, so over this next week I'll be upping the number of advance chapters with additional updates. Next milestone will be at 350 members! I don't know that we'...
2025-08-18 21:43:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 44 — Local Talent
The old abandoned watchtower on the ridge had a prime position to watch descents from the mountains to the west, and in fact that’s what Cole expected the Vael...
2025-08-18 00:28:52 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 43 – Well and Truly Alone
Loot distributed, Besson volunteered for the first watch. Probably the guy was already done with being forced into tight confines with other people. Cole...
2025-08-15 20:47:53 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 42 – Making Tracks
Cole turned and ran toward Howie, who was in the process of running towards Cole, lacking as he was in the close-quarters combat department. When he saw the loo...
2025-08-15 03:29:46 +0000 UTC
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I'll be taking a break from uploads here and on Royal Road tomorrow, then after Friday's chapter Royal Road is going to be transitioning to a M/W/F upload schedule. Patreon chapters won't follow ex...
2025-08-13 23:19:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 40 – Vael
The pit siren blared, and power flooded into Cole. The artificial Lewis Field seeped into his body, awakening the attunement levels he’d built up in Curahee. Suddenly,...
2025-08-12 21:15:29 +0000 UTC
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So, the launch blitz went on a bit longer than I intended, but when you're on a roll you're on a roll, and I'm managing to stay about 30 chapters ahead of the Patreon, which is about 15 chapters ah...
2025-08-11 03:57:45 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 38 – Team Dynamics
“You’re shitting me,” said Roxy. “Nona? Asked to join our team? You told her to fuck off, right?”
Two nights before the op, he’d gott...
2025-08-10 18:02:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 37 – Coordinated Extraction
Now, with the run of the base, Cole went looking for the Kicker who had requested his support. He found a familiar face on the way.
“Hey, hey!...
2025-08-10 03:41:46 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 36 – Norn and Bjorn
“Who can hear you talkin’ like we can’t,” said Bjorn.
Cole looked down. “I just didn’t know we hosted otherworlders.”
Jeff clapped a ...
2025-08-09 16:09:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 35 – Squire Sophie
“I’ve already got a ticket booked for Georgia to pick up your truck and drive it back to Fredericksburg. For the meantime, I’ve secured you a rental vehic...
2025-08-08 04:07:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 34 – Curahee Debrief
This time, no one interrupted his downtime until Roxy knocked on his door at 0800 hours, ready for chow. She still had on gym shorts, and now a faded Guns...
2025-08-05 16:11:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 33 – Exigent Circumstances
Despite his mental fatigue and physical exhaustion, now that he was out of hell and back in the real world, he needed something, anything, to p...
2025-08-05 04:05:52 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 32 – Welcome to DOR
The transition this time wasn’t as jarring or sickening, which Cole attributed to his increased resilience propping him up.
The swirling field of blue ...
2025-08-04 03:11:47 +0000 UTC
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Thanks everyone who has been reading along so far! I hope you're enjoying the story. We've caught up to the launch blitz deficit on Royal Road, but I'm going to try and keep the momentum going as l...
2025-08-02 16:22:12 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 30 – Primary Egress
Cole dropped and started to low-crawl his way through the tunnel, pushing his pack ahead of him. There was barely enough clearance for his torso and kit...
2025-08-01 19:52:59 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 29 – Ram-head
Cole barely managed to duck, feeling Ram-head’s pole-axe skim across the top of his high-cut helmet. Undeterred, the armored giant shield-slammed him right in the ...
2025-08-01 16:21:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 28 – The Spore Druid’s Castle
They closed and barred the sally port behind them before pushing open the double doors to the courtyard. Rows of old, infested trees swayed in the ...
2025-08-01 03:55:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 27 - Tinkering
The lift platform had been built on a rise with a steep drop of about twenty feet down to the floor of the mountain terrace. Cole reduced his fall speed and slid down...
2025-07-30 21:08:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 26 – Like Clockwork
When Besson didn’t join them at dawn, Cole had Howie take him out to the forest where he’d spoken to the K9. They left the gate along with the flux of traf...
2025-07-30 20:45:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 25 – Up the Mountain
Ludwig left not long after his long-winded story and bare-bones description of what was in store up the mountain. Being the baron of humanity’s last dying g...
2025-07-29 23:39:09 +0000 UTC
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