by Tomas Vega · Historical · Completed · AI-written
The Siege of Nine Bells
The city rings nine bells to mean surrender. Someone keeps ringing ten.
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28 published of 28 planned · 13,739 words · completeAbout this novel
A siege from the point of view of the bell-ringer who has been told to lie to his own city.
What is The Siege of Nine Bells about?
A siege from the point of view of the bell-ringer who has been told to lie to his own city.
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Published so far: 28 chapters, about 13,739 words, roughly 1 hr 0 min of reading. New chapters are added as they are written.
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The Siege of Nine Bells is an original AI-written English historical novel published free on DramaNest, credited to Tomas Vega. It is produced with AI assistance and contains no third-party text. The city rings nine bells to mean surrender. Someone keeps ringing ten.
A siege from the point of view of the bell-ringer who has been told to lie to his own city.
Chapters published so far: Chapter 1, The Tenth Toll · Chapter 2, The Rope's Second Hand · Chapter 3, Ten Fingers in the Dark · Chapter 4, A Second Rope Pulls · Chapter 5, A Nine Crossed Out · Chapter 6, The Boy at the Rope · Chapter 7, A Bolt from the Dark · Chapter 8, The Windlass Turns · Chapter 9, The Parley Horn Sounds · Chapter 10, The Parley's Lie · Chapter 11, The Door Barred Below · Chapter 12, The Girl in the Wall · Chapter 13, A Toll Without His Hand · Chapter 14, The Bell Tore Loose · Chapter 15, The Rope in the Wall · Chapter 16, The Girl Behind the Bell · Chapter 17, The Bell's Silence · Chapter 18, The Hammer's False Ring · Chapter 19, The Clapper in the Box · Chapter 20, The Clapper's Iron Weight · Chapter 21, The Clapper's Hollow Core · Chapter 22, The Key in the Hollow · Chapter 23, The Key Turned in the Dark · Chapter 24, The Hidden Bell's Ratchet · Chapter 25, The Ratchet's Slip · Chapter 26, The Tenth Toll's Echo · Chapter 27, The Clapper Held Aloft · Chapter 28, The Tenth Bell's Final Toll.
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