Dead Game: Lottery of the Broken Gods Volume 1

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Saylor Cogni believed in kindness—until the world tore that belief apart.



Falsely accused, abandoned by everyone he trusted, and left to rot in silence, Saylor’s faith in humanity dies with a single cruel message:



> “This is what you get for trusting people.”







But death isn’t the end.

It’s the beginning.



Dragged into the Broken Field, a nightmarish realm suspended over an abyss of black mist, Saylor is one of fifteen chosen in a cruel survival lottery known only as The Dead Game.

Above them spins the Broken Wheel—a demented machine that grants players devastating powers at random, from blood-chains and kinetic detonations to reality-bending spells.



Most fight to survive.

Some fight to ascend.

But Saylor’s ability is different—a glitched Mimetic Spin that copies others’ powers, adapts to their evolution… and becomes something far worse.



As the players begin to fall and the gods begin to descend—fallen champions twisted into monstrous kings of power—Saylor uncovers a deeper truth:



> The Game doesn’t crown victors.

It corrupts them into gods.

And he may be next.



You can find this story on Royal Road as well