Evolve
or die.

A Marine officer turned president-elect is killed on the night of his victory — and offered a second life by an exiled goddess who needs a monster. What follows is a war of attrition, statecraft, and hard choices, where every evolution is paid for.

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Evolve

An exiled goddess needs a monster. A murdered politician needs a second chance.

Jonathan Slate takes the deal.

Reborn in a world where the Vallyrian Collective harvests flesh for its armies and souls for its magic, Slate gains a terrifying advantage: consuming his enemies to make him stronger.

And he can transform others.

To survive, he must turn scattered refugees into the Scourge, an army of evolving predators, and seize a city before the Collective destroys them.

Every victory feeds his ambition. Every evolution makes him a more valuable weapon for the goddess who owns his second life.

She wants her kingdom back. He wants one of his own.

Dark LitRPG. Monstrous evolution. Kingdom building. A ruthless rise to power.

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Written by a Marine.

Marine Corps veteran, tech executive, and entrepreneur, Derek Belfield puts his experience in leadership, technology, and strategy straight into the Scourge Wars: deep world-building, hard-won progression, and the real trade-offs of command.

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