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Queen in the Mud

Name: Queen in the Mud
Rating: 4.49 (1459 reviews)
Author: Maari

Maari

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Synopsis

A girl suddenly vanishes from her world and finds herself drifting in and out of consciousness in a world of pure darkness.

Queen in the Mud is an unusual litrpg novel featuring a female monster protagonist as she makes her way through a vicious untamed world ruled by a “system.”

(Book one of this story is now available on kindle unlimited. To satisfy exclusivity requirements on that platform, the chapters here have been removed. Here is a link to the book on amazon. I do plan on posting chapters for book two on royal road, but I don’t currently have an estimated date for release.)

(Cover art by Monomus)

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