The last thing Calvin Webb did on Earth was read the part number on the gate that killed him.
Then he wakes in the Cradle: a sealed primeval valley where clans survive by moving, giant predators rule the floodplain, and every thirty days a Hand the size of a county lowers new life from the sky.
Calvin spent twelve years designing habitats for animals that could kill him without noticing. Now the System has named him Warden, given him a builder's toolkit, and dropped him into one impossible job: build a place worth staying in, in a world where nothing has ever been safe.
Highbank starts with a ruined river terrace, unfinished walls, and too many mouths to feed.
Then he wakes in the Cradle: a sealed primeval valley where clans survive by moving, giant predators rule the floodplain, and every thirty days a Hand the size of a county lowers new life from the sky.
Calvin spent twelve years designing habitats for animals that could kill him without noticing. Now the System has named him Warden, given him a builder's toolkit, and dropped him into one impossible job: build a place worth staying in, in a world where nothing has ever been safe.
Highbank starts with a ruined river terrace, unfinished walls, and too many mouths to feed.
- A displaced clan is betting their children's lives on Calvin's ability to finish the walls.
A too-smart little sentinel keeps a running threat tally on the gatepost.
A massive horned beast moves stone because she chooses to, not because Calvin commands her.
A failing ancient system is still lowering new life into the valley, whether anyone is ready or not.
Out west, a warlord teaches obedience with brands and fear. He has noticed someone in the east is building something worth taking.
The herd is coming. The walls are new. The math has to hold.
Greenfall is Book One of Primal Warden, a base-building LitRPG about settlement engineering, survival pressure, ethical creature bonding, found family, and one practical professional who refuses to sign off on anything he has not checked.
Genre: GameLit
Used availability for Lina Will's Primal Warden