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    After emerging victorious in Third Life, Grian wakes up at the start again. Time has been rewound, the game has been reset. But now, Grian is carrying the weight of a victory that feels like a loss, and he doesn’t intend to play to win again. This time, Scar has to survive, no matter the cost. If that means rewriting time, manipulating his enemies and friends both, and staining his hands with more blood than ever before? So be it.

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    11 Dec 2025

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    Scar and Grian are princes of neighbouring desert kingdoms forced to marry each other to reinforce their nations' unions.

    Joel is the middle son of the reigning family of Mezalea, married to the leaders of the great ocean empire. Most of all, he is an aspiring architect looking forward to his bright future.

    Bdubs is a prophet prince of a snowy kingdom blessed with glimpses of the future and the ability to predict catastrophes.

    Etho is an assassin who believes his gift to be a curse, that Bdubs is himself the harbinger of tragedies.

    Their fates are intrinsically intertwined. All it takes is a prophecy, men hungry for power, others sick with grief, and a desperation for freedom from inescapable tragedy.

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    11 Mar 2025

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    A distant knock cut the conversation short, and the two exchanged confused glances.

    “I didn’t invite anyone,” Mumbo defended himself.

    Grian only rolled his eyes, disappearing from the counter to appear a few moments later in the kitchen doorway. “Want me to check it out?”

    “No!” Mumbo immediately rushed to the doorway, stopping only when he would have to go through Grian to go any further. “I can check, it’s fine.”

    Tilting his head, Grian asked innocently, “Why can’t I? They wouldn’t even see me. It might be someone you don’t want to talk to. If you answer it, they’d know you’re here, but if I did….”

    “Yes, well, it could also be someone I do want to talk to, and you would scare them away because of that.”

    Grian responded with an exaggerated offended gasp. “I can’t believe you would accuse me of that, Mumbolio.”

    Another knock rang out, interrupting the exchange before Mumbo could make a retort. Instead, he sighed. “Please let me through.”

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    or, Mumbo and Grian, vampire and ghost respectively, live rather solitary lives in a mansion a short distance away from civilization, until someone comes knocking and refuses to be scared away.

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    19 Dec 2024