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Zenith of Sorcery avilable for reading! (Patreon)

Published:
2023-07-06 17:43:17
Edited:
2023-07-06 20:26:03
Imported:
2026-06
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Hello dear patron. I have (potentially) wonderful news! The first three chapters of Zenith of Sorcery are now out and posted on Royal Road and Fictionpress. You can find them here:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/71045/zenith-of-sorcery

https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3368346/1/Zenith-of-Sorcery

As some of you know, I originally wanted to wait until I had the first four chapters done. However, I felt that the story formed a pretty good section with the first three chapters out, and thus decided to post it with the first three chapters. I hope it still works; let me know what you think.

I have made this a paid post, and will do so for each officially published chapter, as I did with MoL. I expect to release new chapters at the rate of one every three or four weeks. The target date for the next one is 30th this month, so end of July.

Enjoy.

Comments

Corwin Amber

which would also make it the 31st :)

Sid_Cypher

Awesome, thanks for the heads-up!

EndlessTurtle

Nice, rereading it now, looking forward to the regular releases

Domagoj Kurmaic

Yeah, it's July. I'm just dumb when it comes to months, especially since Croatia uses completely different names than English-speaking countries.

DiabolicalGenius

Congratz for going live! I've been looking forward to when this story was ready get going properly and seeing more from you again. So this is good news.

Monotropa

My heart skipped a beat when I saw this post, I probably came here every few days in the past two months ‘just to check’. I originally wanted to say that my agenda for this novel is to make you somehow include spiders because I need a Novelty-multiverse and if it’s just the name of someone’s pet. But after seeing that it took a whole 0.75 chapters for ‘Spider Goddess’ to be mentioned I see that I’m in good hands.

Callum

Really enjoying reading about an adult, someone reasonably well respected from start. But with clear challanges to face in the future and things that don't go perfectly in his past. The whole teacher angle could work really well

Elaine Kotenko

Yuuhooo~! Congratulations one a release! 🎉 Quote: "You're awake," an unfamiliar voice stated. "I was starting to get worried." Elder Scrolls vibe intensifies. 😁😅 P.S. If you won't mind writing an articles on the worldbuilding of Zenith, I'll be really curious about the creative process behind making the magic of this world and how it changed from its original inception (sometimes later, of course). EDIT 1: I really like the start. Good mix of immersive, intriguing and awe-inspiring. ☺️ EDIT 2: Are the academies only inspired by the competing Chinese Martial arts Schools and Cultivation sects from xianxia (with a dash of western fantasy), or competing ancient greek philosopher schools (Gymnasium, Academy, Milet's School, whatever the Pythagoras was running, etc.) have also influenced you, seeing there's a mix of Greek and Roman names in this part of the world?

Kalliope

So wonderful, at long last a certainly brilliant novel which isn't about a super-young adult! I am *so* hyped!

pro

Hello Domagoj and fellow Zenith of Sorcery readers! This is Analyst777. I will be analyzing Marcus’s character and this novel since I believe it has quite a bit of depth that is unexplored and is an underrated read. Also, I like this novel. I am caught up as of April 2026 (Interlude 4 - Adria), but this analysis will be mostly spoiler free and focus on the first few chapters, specifically on Marcus’s character. I won’t cover everything, but I’ll point out things I find interesting. *** Marcus King Character Analysis *** Competent and Reserved The novel opens up with a contrast of past and present Marcus. As a child, Marcus breaks rules and climbs the Sacred Oak, and the view he experienced is “one of his most cherished memories”. In contrast, adult Marcus is standing on top of a much taller tree with a majestic view, yet he recaptures none of the same awe and achievement he had as a child. It all seems… underwhelming. We get the hint that Marcus has accomplished so much that even grand achievements only give faint satisfaction. We get to experience Marcus’s competence not through his narration, but through his behavior. Marcus jumps off the tree and takes no damage. He conjures a mirror to check his appearance. When the chaos storm comes, he builds a shelter in minutes. He has an earth elemental trailing behind him at all times. It is easy to miss these, because nothing he does is presented as particularly impressive. In fact, it almost seems mundane, because to Marcus, these are just casual, everyday acts. The reader has to notice that these behaviors are extraordinary. This is a recurring pattern throughout the novel. We’ll see that Marcus is reserved and understated, someone who deliberately undersells his abilities and achievements as a personality trait; he doesn’t like to brag. That being said, he also uses this to deliberately get enemies to underestimate him so he can gain a strategic advantage when it matters. Sharp Assessment Independent of Response Marcus is observant of other people’s motivations and abilities. He immediately notices that Pellast wants him along as a bodyguard and deduces Elid’s unexceptional magical talent from Crystal Mountain Academy’s poor shape - leading to another victory for Marcus. When they arrive at the village, he instantly reads Giben as an apprentice mage upselling his abilities, unable to use magic from the chaos storm, and he suspects that the parents deliberately exposed their children to the chaos storm. His situational reads are very fast and almost always correct. What’s curious is that his behavior is seemingly independent from his assessment. He judges that he will have nothing to gain from traveling with Pellast and Elid, and accompanies him anyway. He pegs Giben as a fraud, and still saves him from the villagers. He suspects that the fox is awakened, and lets him into the shelter without hesitation. Marcus is unusually generous. Usually, characters with clear-eyed judgment and generous action are treated with dramatic tension - there’s a defining moment, a breaking point where they’re forced to choose between their head and their heart. Marcus skips that entirely. There’s no inner monologue, no ideology, no abstract principles, no story in his head afterwards, he just helps someone and moves on. The closest real-life comparison I can think of might be an experienced doctor or teacher who can be brutally honest in his assessment without it affecting their work. Usually you get someone smart and selfish or someone who is naively generous; critical thinking plus generosity is a rare combo. Anyway, that’s all for today. I have dinner to eat. -Analyst777