Agent Palmer

Casthen Gain

Author: Essa Hansen

Release: July 28, 2025

Tagline: A novella of The Graven

Publisher: Grimdark Magazine

Genre: Science Fiction

ASIN: B0DQ6D7M7T
ISBN-13: 978-0648663560

Main Character: Sentace Ketch

Synopsis: Fifteen prisoners. One prize. Only one survivor allowed.

Declassified by Agent Palmer: Casthen Gain expands Hansen’s epic worldbuilding started in Graven Trilogy

Quotes and Lines

“She wanted freedom for everyone and new possibilities after generations of oppression veiled as order and tradition. Forced ignorance is a form of imprisonment…”

“Don’t lose until you’ve lost.”

“Fifteen prisoners. One prize. Only one survivor allowed.”

“Sentace Ketch, a skilled culinarian, makes a wrong turn in life and finds himself dropped on the strangest and most dangerous planet in the multiverse. He’s here alongside murderers, exiles, and adrenaline-seekers to participate in a battle royale race, forced to hunt for an eons-buried mystery or die trying. The prize? Being allowed to live…and join the cruel organization that put them all here, which might just mean the creative freedom Sentace has craved all his life.”