THE PILOT TOURNAMENT

Three stories.
One first novel.

Read four free opening chapters from each contender on Ream. The story readers respond to most strongly earns the full-novel greenlight.

Choose a story

Dark romance. Strange worlds. Dangerous people.

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Meet the contenders.

All three pilots contain four free chapters. Read one or read all three. Your actual reading behavior matters more than hype.

Cover of A Year for Every Lie by Morgan V. Dacre

GOTHIC LEGAL FANTASY · DARK ROMANCE

A Year for Every Lie

In Edravas, a deliberate lie costs you part of your life. Nadia Havel makes her living telling them — until a colleague dies from one impossible sentence and Nadia discovers she may not pay the same price as everyone else.

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Cover of Mass Error by Morgan V. Dacre

HARD-SF ORBITAL NOIR · DARK ROMANCE

Mass Error

A corpse appears aboard a transit car whose mass record says he was never there. Forensic dynamics engineer Ada Rennick follows the physics into buried infrastructure, dangerous history, and a system built to move human mass without admitting it exists.

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Cover of What Pleasure Takes by Morgan V. Dacre

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE FICTION · DARK ROMANCE

What Pleasure Takes

A dead woman's records prove she lived two incompatible lives. Mina's investigation pulls her toward Nathan — a man who knows more than he should, and whose connection to her may be remembered, manufactured, or chosen now.

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HOW THE GREENLIGHT WORKS

Read first. Choose second.

01

Pick a contender

Start with whichever premise grabs you. Every pilot is free to read on Ream.

02

Keep reading if it earns it

Continuation and completion matter. The tournament rewards stories readers actually want to finish.

03

Help choose what survives

Reader behavior, follows, reactions, comments, and the final vote all contribute to the greenlight.

MORGAN V. DACRE

Obsession under pressure.

Adult speculative romance about dangerous people, impossible systems, moral compromise, desire, and the moment a safe choice stops being available.