The Vigil
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Description
Sasha saved the world—at the cost ofeverything. She endured an eternity of unimaginable suffering.
Now, she has returned.Powerful. Worshipped. Feared.
But can she ever truly be back?
🔻Content Warnings & Notes:🔻⚠️This story contains psychological horror, trauma, PTSD, existential horror, and detailed depictions of suffering.While there is hope and healing, the journey is not easy. If you are sensitive to themes of captivity, psychological distress, or discussions of suicide, please proceed with caution.
🤖AI-Assisted Content:I fully author the story's narrative, structure, and creative vision. AI is used as a tool for proofreading, phrasing refinement, and streamlining the writing process
📌This is a work in progress, and I welcome feedback to improve it!Thank you for reading.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2024
- Author
- Anya_Kuranova
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- Rating
- 4.4/ 5.0
- Followers
- 20
- Views
- 12,138
Chapters(32 total)
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Community Reviews(1)
- WayfarRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0“Vigil” is a fun slow-burn magitech novel. It creates an interesting world and dives deep into topics like personal trauma, sacrifice, and overcoming impossible odds. One of the main characters (Edgar) has survived an immeasurable amount of suffering in the past, and he meets a young woman (Sasha) about to voluntarily endure the same fate.
I liked the personalities of characters, they have interesting perspectives and motivations, which drive the story’s tension and create emotional stakes. The plot unfolds steadily, balancing confrontations with Chaos (capital "C") and world-ending dilemmas against moments of pure joy, loss, hope, and resilience. In “Vigil,” sacrifice doesn't feel cheap: the cost of decisions weighs heavily on those who face Chaos firsthand or have to send others to confront it. The author explores deeply, what lies behind these decisions, what does a person want to preserve, when faced with a prospect of near never-ending death and torment. We also see glimpses of the other side: what happens to those, who decide to run away from their duties and obligations or what happens, if you went to the pits of Chaos (capital "C") but afterwards didn't have enough heart and will to move on. Despite its darker themes, “Vigil” is engaging and fun to read, occasional humor and small character quirks make it "alive"
I look forward to see, how the plot and the relationships unfold in this novel.
Grammar is really good, no complaints here. Regarding style: good in general, dynamics slightly stutters sometimes. These two categories are secondary to my personal reader experience.