David Niemitz

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Chapter 267: The Hunt

A rattling volley of projectiles - Ghveris called them shells, though Wren didn’t see what they had to do with the ocean - whistled through the air, tracking just behi...

Guild Mage 266

Chapter 266: Amelina Ridley

“Push harder,” Amelia Trafford urged.

Keri was lying back on the table, in the chirurgeon’s quarters, while she held his left foot in her hands, with h...

Guild Mage 265

Got my flu shot and covid booster in the same arm yesterday before leaving work, and man am I feeling it today. Ended up taking time off to recover. This combination always puts me on my back. 2025-09-24 14:36:37 +0000 UTC View Post

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Chapter 264: The Crystal

The high desert was still the cool temperature of early morning when Liv climbed out of the excavated chamber which had become her living quarters.  She thrust t...

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Chapter 263: Precedent

Liv circled the armor stand, examining each piece in turn by the light of the oil lamp burning in her excavated chamber.  Outside, the moon would be rising, to com...

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Chapter 262: Black Iron Wards

The contrast between the high desert and the mountains clustered around Nightfall Peak was obvious from high above.  It was the colors, more than the elevat...

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Chapter 261: Truth 

“Is’Bheuvō ‌Kvel,” Keri said, allowing the incantation to vibrate up through his chest.  The word of sight - though, according to the old priest from Le...

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Chapter 260: Red Cliffs

The red cliff looming over their heads cast Liv, her grandmother, and Elder Aira in shade.  As the hours went by, and the day progressed, the arc of the rising su...

Book 3 Cover Art

We have a book three cover! I think the extra time our artist put in was worth it :)

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Chapter 259: A Debt

The morning after Liv had left Whitehill, Keri found that he was not entirely certain what to do with himself.

Olavi came to the rooms he’d been given - the same s...

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Chapter 258: Feic Seria

Wren felt the heat of the painted desert hit her in the face with all the force of a warhammer.  Spring in Whitehill was still nothing compared to the high, arid ...

Book 4 Cover Art

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Chapter 257: Snowdrops 

When Liv’s mother had first written to her, while she was at Coral Bay, with the news that she had agreed to wed Archibald, Liv had decidedly mixed feelings. 2025-09-12 14:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post

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I think maybe one Liv and one Wren to take us over into Varuna, and then we begin the assault on Ractia's forces - at least the preliminary movements.

Chapter 256: Maneuvering

Liv tried...

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Chapter 255: A Gathering of Elders

The title had made Liv uncomfortable from the very beginning.

It didn’t seem to matter that she’d never claimed it for her own, or even used it he...

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Chapter 254: The Council Atop the Mountain

“Not everyone here is fluent in Vakansa,” Liv pointed out.  “Do you speak Lucanian, Juhani kæn Kalleis?”  There was a part of her...

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Chapter 253: The Movements of the Enemy

Liv raised her hand, letting it hang in the space between where she sat on the floor, and where Keri lay on the bed.  Her Authority swirled around...

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Chapter 252: To Save and To Be Saved

When the light of the waystone faded, Liv, her grandmother, Kaija, Matthew and Arjun were left crammed around a block of ice nearly six feet long and thre...

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Chapter 251: Cold Sleep

“How is she?” Liv asked Arjun.  

The two of them, along with Wren, waited in Matthew and Triss’s sitting room, while Aira and Liv's grandmother p...

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Chapter 250: The Soul Untethered

A sudden pain filled Keri’s head, so intense that he staggered from the overwhelming force of it.  He felt the muscles of his face sagging, and he pitc...

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Chapter 249: Edwin Teller

It would have been nice, Liv decided, to have a bit more in the way of journeymen to work with.

Gamel would have been ideal.  After all, he’d spent year...

Mosaic Digest Interview

I recently spoke to the folks over at Mosaic Digest about both Guild Mage and Faerie Knight! Feel free to go check it out :)

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And with this, we begin book seven! Slowing down a bit from the climax at the end of last book :)

Chapter 248: The List

Geometric embellishments of rime bordered Liv’s window panes li...

Changelog

In addition to catching up on suggested edits, I've gone through and done some adjusting re: the Liv / Rose development from chapter 229 on. All changed chapters are now live here, and you can fin...

Guild Mage 247

Here is the final chapter of book six! On Monday I'll begin book seven, and I'm looking forward to diving into our characters having a chance to shape the world around them, and make changes to how...

Guild Mage 246

This is the last Liv chapter of book six! Tomorrow will be a Millie chapter, to wrap the book with a view of the aftermath in Freeport. Then, on Monday, we'll start book 7: The Mountain Queen.

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Chapter 245: On the Banks of the River Aspen

“This is how things are done,” Matthew argued.  It was the first time that Liv could remember him raising his voice with her,ever.  ...

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Check the Epub now, should be fixed

Chapter 244: Parole

“No,” Liv said, shaking her head.  The sudden motion made her sick to her stomach, and acutely aware of the headache she...

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Chapter 243: Heir

According to Wren, the Falkenrath troops were two days out from the wall at the time Liv killed Genevieve Arundell.  Matthew and Triss came from Whitehill the day after...

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Big chapter today - almost 500 words more than usual!

Chapter 242: The Battle of the Pass X: The Lady of Winter

Cold mountain wind whistled around Liv’s face as she banked and dove th...