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Slumrat Rising #6
His Own Man: A Cyberpunk LitRPG
While others just want to come out on top in an apocalypse, Truth hopes to take down an evil god, in the epic final installment of this urban fantasy series.
Truth knows everything about the mind-controlling Starbrite. Well, everything except for who it is, where it comes from, and where it is right now. Without anything to identify his world’s creator, the question Can he actually kill the malignant entity believed to have the lifespan of the stars themselves?
Somewhere, high above the calamity it’s caused, Starbrite still reigns. Unseeable and enigmatic, it touches the world through the minds of its slaves. But Truth is far from alone in wanting to topple the king of the world. From corporate boardrooms and suburban homes to brutal battlefields, it seems everyone has a scheme of their own. And lurking behind the chaos is the shadow of Merkovah, the ancient spymaster who’s spent six hundred years trying to bring down Starbrite. There are few things he wouldn’t sacrifice to achieve victory now. But when everyone has their own agenda, who can you trust?
It turns out, if you need to bring down a god, scammers and a marketing department will do the trick. With his new team behind him, Truth plans to use Starbrite’s own resources to break its heavy grip on the people. And as Starbrite’s followers begin losing their faith, Truth will sharpen his sword and prepare to cut off the head of the snake.
But in a dying world convulsed with war, conspiracy, and revolution, Truth may have to pull off something even more impossible than killing an unknowable persuade the world that there is still hope. He’ll need to show everyone there are things worth fighting for, and he’ll use every dirty trick in the book to do it—because Starbrite has ruled the world for far too long. He’s starting to look less like a god and more like a cornered rat these days. And there’s nothing a cornered rat won’t do to survive . . .
The sixth volume of the hit cyberpunk fantasy series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!
Tropes the end of the world, coming of age, and good versus evil.
Truth knows everything about the mind-controlling Starbrite. Well, everything except for who it is, where it comes from, and where it is right now. Without anything to identify his world’s creator, the question Can he actually kill the malignant entity believed to have the lifespan of the stars themselves?
Somewhere, high above the calamity it’s caused, Starbrite still reigns. Unseeable and enigmatic, it touches the world through the minds of its slaves. But Truth is far from alone in wanting to topple the king of the world. From corporate boardrooms and suburban homes to brutal battlefields, it seems everyone has a scheme of their own. And lurking behind the chaos is the shadow of Merkovah, the ancient spymaster who’s spent six hundred years trying to bring down Starbrite. There are few things he wouldn’t sacrifice to achieve victory now. But when everyone has their own agenda, who can you trust?
It turns out, if you need to bring down a god, scammers and a marketing department will do the trick. With his new team behind him, Truth plans to use Starbrite’s own resources to break its heavy grip on the people. And as Starbrite’s followers begin losing their faith, Truth will sharpen his sword and prepare to cut off the head of the snake.
But in a dying world convulsed with war, conspiracy, and revolution, Truth may have to pull off something even more impossible than killing an unknowable persuade the world that there is still hope. He’ll need to show everyone there are things worth fighting for, and he’ll use every dirty trick in the book to do it—because Starbrite has ruled the world for far too long. He’s starting to look less like a god and more like a cornered rat these days. And there’s nothing a cornered rat won’t do to survive . . .
The sixth volume of the hit cyberpunk fantasy series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!
Tropes the end of the world, coming of age, and good versus evil.
293 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2026
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July 15, 2026
What a fun series with a very satisfying ending! A brilliant mix of fantasy romp and philosophical treatise about the nature of humanity, power, and the social contract- not quite as deep as that sounds, but a refreshing change from the norm in genre that it's in.
I do think that marketing it as "LitRPG" is absolutely hilarious at this point in the book as any elements even resembling that have been gone for several books though!
I do think that marketing it as "LitRPG" is absolutely hilarious at this point in the book as any elements even resembling that have been gone for several books though!
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