Malory

Sci-Fi, LitRPG & Progression Fantasy

Winner of the 2026 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award

Quest for the Dark Blade cover — Morgan & Merlin Book 3 by Malory
Morgan & Merlin · Book 3

Quest for the Dark Blade

Book 3 of Morgan and Merlin's Excellent Adventures. Higher realms, sharper enemies, and a sword that has opinions.

Progression Fantasy Cultivation LitRPG
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About the Book

By Quest for the Dark Blade, Morgan has done enough damage to the historical record to make Merlin nervous. The next tier of the cultivation system is open. So is the next tier of consequences. The book lives where the series has been heading since the start: bigger fights, harder choices, and a protagonist who can no longer rely on being underestimated.

The same voice that ran Books 1 and 2 carries this one — arch, action-forward, and unwilling to let any character look more competent than they earn. The Dark Ages doesn’t get easier. Neither does the reading list of mythological furniture Morgan keeps having to absorb on the way through.

Audiobook performed by Jess Nahikian.

For Readers Who…

made it through Books 1 and 2 and want to see how high the cultivation system actually goes. The plot stays tight; the stakes don’t.

Book 3 is the latest entry in Morgan and Merlin's Excellent Adventures. Browse the full catalogue or the series overview for what comes before.
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