The Weight of Glory

Marcus Osei hasn't left his flat in eleven days. A physiotherapy session he almost skipped changes everything — his hands begin to glow, a voice speaks, and something follows him home.

Marcus dreams of standing. In a realm beyond his wheelchair, he walks, runs, and fights — and something in the dark cheers when he wins.

Marcus returns to the arena hungry for answers — and learns that the thing cheering for him was never on his side.

The address leads to Peckham, a man Marcus hasn't seen in eighteen months, and a truth about the world that makes the arena look simple.

In a pub named for the identity he's been carrying, Marcus faces the truth about who made him The Crown — and what it costs to let that man go.

Agon stops recruiting. He starts hunting — and the people Marcus loves are easier targets than Marcus.

Something older than Agon steps into the arena. Marcus fights with everything he has — and learns that everything he has was never the point.

Marcus wakes up broken. A church in Brixton, a woman who has been praying for forty years, and a pair of wraps that have been waiting even longer.

Marcus and Dez enter enemy territory together. What they find is bigger than a gym, bigger than a Principality — and what steps out of the dark is bigger than both.

Everything accelerates. The people Marcus loves are under attack, the Hold is cracking, and the voice that started everything asks one question: Will you stand?