The Grief Dagger
When your best friend falls into a coma, you'd do anything to save him.
Carl Jackson gets his chance. His childhood friend Kevin is trapped in a fantasy world called Rowen-physically there, but with his soul shattered into five pieces, each one bound to a corrupted magical sword.
The mission is simple: journey into Kevin's mind, cleanse the swords, bring him home.
The reality is brutal. Each sword feeds on a different trauma Kevin's been running from his entire life. Anger. Grief. Fear. Guilt. Despair. And with every fragment Carl recovers, the truth gets darker-about what really happened to Kevin, about what Rowen actually is, and about whether saving his friend means destroying the only refuge he has left.
The Hollow Sword Master is a five-book series where epic fantasy becomes psychological horror, and the real enemy isn't a dark lord-it's the fractured mind of the man you're trying to save.
You'll love this if you want:
Psychological horror disguised as epic fantasyPTSD and trauma as the core narrative engineMilitary protagonists stripped of their advantages and forced to adaptPortal fantasy where the world is a manifestation of trauma, not a playgroundFriendship tested by amnesia, guilt, and impossible choicesStories where healing requires confronting the monsters you've become
This book is NOT a good fit if you're looking for: LitRPG mechanics, stat progression, isekai power fantasy, harem elements, or romantic subplots. If that's what you're hunting, this isn't it.
Five swords. Five traumas. Five battles for a fractured soul.
Book 1 - The Anger Scimitar: Find the hollow soldier. Face the first trauma. Begin the impossible rescue.
Book 2 - The Grief Dagger: The rivers weep. The martyr falls. Pain is not meant to be carried alone.
Book 3 - The Fear Kukri: The fog descends. Choices paralyze. A friend becomes the surgeon.
Book 4 - The Guilt Katana: The ghost learns the truth. Existence is questioned. A life is surrendered.
Book 5 - The Despair Gladius: The world fractures. The architect awakens. Integration or annihilation.
This is the Second Sword. The Grief Dagger waits beneath the waters.
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