Malory

Sci-Fi, LitRPG & Progression Fantasy

Winner of the 2026 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award

Journey to the Dark Tower cover — Morgan & Merlin Book 2 by Malory
Morgan & Merlin · Book 2

Journey to the Dark Tower

Book 2 of Morgan and Merlin's Excellent Adventures. The cultivation gets harder, the Saxons get louder, and Merlin’s commentary doesn’t improve.

Progression Fantasy Cultivation LitRPG
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About the Book

Journey to the Dark Tower picks up where Welcome to the Dark Ages left Morgan: alive, in a body that isn’t hers, in a century that doesn’t want her, with a ghost in her head who keeps grading her decisions. The progression system is more visible now. So is the cost.

The book carries the same engine that made Book 1 work — British dryness, cultivation mechanics that actually mean something, and a protagonist who’s allowed to be both clever and out of her depth. If you read Book 1, you know what you’re here for. If you didn’t, start there.

Audiobook performed by Jess Nahikian.

For Readers Who…

loved Book 1 of Morgan & Merlin and want the next escalation. The progression curve gets steeper, the timeline pressure gets real, and the cultivation rules start showing their teeth.

This is Book 2 of Morgan and Merlin's Excellent Adventures. The series continues with Quest for the Dark Blade.
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