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ROOTBOUND

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A cozy cultivation tale about earning your place—one quiet season at a time. ROOTBOUND is live. Every chapter is free to read — right here on this site, and new chapters are released regularly.

  1. 01The Glowing RingRead →
  2. 02Grandmother's HollowRead →
  3. 03The Stag's RestRead →
  4. 04A Clean CutRead →
  5. 05The Quiet TreesRead →
  6. 06FrostburnRead →
  7. 07Master CorvinRead →
  8. 08Iron NailsRead →
  9. 09Rooting the GroveRead →
  10. 10First SnowRead →
  11. 11First PatrolRead →
  12. 12What the Snow KeptRead →
  13. 13The Map RoomRead →
  14. 14NoraRead →
  15. 15The Long DarkRead →
  16. 16The LetterRead →
  17. 17North MarkersRead →
  18. 18HandsRead →
  19. 19SproutRead →
  20. 20ThawRead →
  21. 21The Melt LineRead →
  22. 22Ask Me at the MeltRead →
  23. 23Forty WintersRead →
  24. 24Twice the CrewRead →
  25. 25The CrossesRead →
  26. 26One StationRead →
  27. 27SixteenRead →
  28. 28What Was in the VialRead →
  29. 29ReciprocityRead →
  30. 30SaplingRead →
  31. 31The SchoolroomRead →
  32. 32Paper and AxesRead →
  33. 33The Nail, Put DownRead →
  34. 34First RootingRead →
  35. 35A Fair PriceRead →
  36. 36The CairnsRead →
  37. 37AlbaRead →
  38. 38The WidowmakerRead →
  39. 39On Her Own FeetRead →
  40. 40Four at DawnRead →

The library

ROOTBOUND is the first ASHC series — and every book gets the same home here: chapters free to read, and a visual wiki for readers who want to step inside the world.

More series — and fanfiction — will join the shelf here as they launch.

Start reading — Chapter 1 · Read on Royal Road