Shattered Wheel

Self-Published

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Description

Shattered Wheel is a litRPG system-apocalypse inspired by Buddhist cosmology where the Buddhist Realms merge with the earth after a cataclysmic event described in the prologue. The System is thematically in line with the setting, not overt but still with all of the "number go up" addiction present.Shattered Wheelis a tale of desperation, damned choices, and the cost of bargaining with the God of Suffering.

What to expect:

-Progression: MC that starts weak and gains power over time

-Unreliable System:The System is corrupt, great power comes at a cost

-Multiple layers of power:Cultivation elements, powerful items with subtle crafting elements, town-building later on

-Epic setting: Buddhist cosmology mixed with a rich fantasy setting

When the Thousand-Hand Storm swept across the Sundered Hills, devouring villages and choking hope with ash, Taran Sandhin learned one truth: Gods do not answer prayers—they broker deals.

Taran is no hero. A “Wheel-Broken” outcast haunted by sins from a past life, he clings to the fringes of Akshaya Village, scrounging for Rot Leaf to delay his sister's inevitable death by the Creeping-Rot disease. But when a storm pins him in the wastes, leaving his body broken and hope shattered, salvation comes from the unlikeliest source: Mara, the Deceiver.

Mara grants him access to a cursed System—one that grades his soul in Sanskrit runes and corrodes his humanity with every choice

Now Taran must scavenge Godsplinters from storm-wracked ruins, bargain with alchemists trading in Rot-stained lies, and outwit Mara himself. Power is plentiful in this broken world… butIn a realm where karma is currency and suffering fuels the System, will Taran mend the wheel? or be the storm that finally breaks it.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2025
Author: TaransWheel

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 5.0/ 5.0
Followers: 3
Views: 1,258

Chapters(9 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

The_bad_strategistRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
this was a great read! I think the prologue and chapter 5 were the standouts, felt like watching a master at work! On a personal note, I don't really enjoy litrpgs, and yet this one still kept me engaged from beginning to end! and I think the litrpgs elements here are actually used very well, showing the options and letting them actually effect the character, rather than it feeling like some arbitrary numbers!
Okay, so worldbuilding wise its quite early, but from what ive gathered by reading the prologue and chapter 5, i can see that everything has been thought through, and that the world actually will be a character in its own right. even this early on, i can see hints to the personality that shines through, which is just fantastic!
as the title of this review says, this mans prose are otherworldly. the prologue genuinely blew my socks off, and while the writing grows more 'simplistic' after that, it seemingly heightens the story even more for me. It feels like a tactical decision from the author to keep his talent for prose for the big things, while still serving up a thorough and detailed world in-between that will keep you from studying even when you really should be.
Taran feels like the classic scrappy underdog that everyone can root for, but then spoiler happens, and its lead to one of the more interesting moral dilemnas ive read in quite sometime!
Ill circle back to the world because I like the moral challenges the author is throwing at Taran, and the last line on chapter 4 really solidifies that for me this is going to be one heck of a ride!
For other things, the pacing feels solid, with alot of room to breathe and yet still somehow makes it seem that big things are happening, and we're not just stuck in the mud.
so overall thoughts. READ IT. its fantastic, criminally underrated and with the potential to be one of the heavy hitters on rr.