A zero-to-hero LitRPG Adventure about an isekai’d manager facing the deadliest trials, tournaments, and titans of a magical empire.

Surviving was the easy part. The real trials come next.

Ben Crawford should be dead. He took a lethal hit to protect his friends (and, more importantly, his dog), and something ancient in his soul refused to let him go. Now he’s back on his feet with a cracked “indestructible” weapon, magic that keeps breaking the rules, and powerful Runebinders watching his next move.

The Grand Tournament is heading into its final rounds, and word is spreading of the Empire holding an auction at the academy after its completion.

Ben still isn’t sure what the Empire wants from him. Somehow, he’s gone from dodging an extremely dangerous Archon, to catching the attention of the Emperor himself.

Between brutal one-on-one duels, impossible trials, and a power in his soul he barely understands, Ben has his hands full just staying alive. Everyone wants to believe the nightmare that attacked Sylvarus is behind them, but Ben has never been that lucky.

And if he has to piss off an Emperor, trade punches with a Grand Master, and brew beer with a reality-bending grandma just to get through this, then so be it.

The smiting levels up in Trials of the Paladin, a LitRPG Adventure featuring a zero-to-hero protagonist who uses restaurant-honed grit to survive magical warfare and become an apex predator.

Fans of He Who Fights with Monsters, Guardian of Aster Fall, and The Last Paladin will love this high-octane blend of action, snark, and explosive progression.