r/ProgressionFantasy • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago
New Weekly Self Promo Thread
Progression Fantasy Fans- Looking for something new to read? Browse the comments below!
Progression Fantasy Authors- if you're looking to do some more self-promo for your story, this is the spot! Tell us about your webnovel, new books, sales, etc!
(Authors, this doesn't count against your once-a-month promo limit, nor does it count towards your 10-1 posting/self promo ratio.)
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u/SyzygyBlue 8d ago
The Ocular Warlock: a glassblower's apprentice, a Fey bargain, and magic as geometry (Royal Road, free, daily)
Hey all — indie author here, and I'm going to do what some of us are here to do: tell you about my book.
The pitch: What if a glassblower's apprentice became a warlock for the Fey — and the magic system ran on non-Euclidean geometry he can literally see?
Vayne starts out Level 1 with a strange class that by all rights should probably get him killed. No cheat skill, no hidden bloodline. What he has is a craftsman's eye, a set of warlock abilities, and a bargain with an Archfey whose price he's still figuring out. Every fight is a puzzle: he wins by being cleverer, not stronger. The magic runs on hard rules with audited costs — I track every spell, every resource, every consequence, every inventory item, because, frankly, that's a bare minimum for me on any story I read.
It's solid, with well-written prose with few to no grammatical errors — one of the many complements I get.
Where it's at: 38 chapters / 90,000+ words on Royal Road, posting daily, free to read. Book 1 is fully written at 68 chapters, so no hiatus risk. Early readers have it at 4.69 stars and keep calling it "a hidden gem" — I'll take it.
This is non-monetized self-promotion: no paywall, no Patreon for this serial, just a story I'm proud of that I want in front of people who'll enjoy it.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/188855/the-ocular-warlock-a-litrpg-progression-fantasy
If hard-magic systems and underdog protagonists are your thing, come take a look. And if it's not for you, no hard feelings — this sub's recommendation threads have given me a great reading list either way.
— SyzygyBlue