Jason watched from the roof deck as Rufus, Farrah and Gary headed upriver on the skimmers they kept stored on the yacht. With them was Estella Warnock, whom they were escorting from the Adventure S...
2022-03-18 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“This valley would be gorgeous if we could actually see it through the rain,” Jason complained as he looked out the window. The convoy was floating on or just over a rather busy river, with wat...
2022-03-17 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKorinne glowered, complaining.
“This is a bunch of lizard shi–”
“We took a vote,” Rosa said, cutting off her latest complaint. “You’re the team leader, Korinne, not the te...
2022-03-16 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTL;DR: The Patreon and all new chapter releases will be pausing in April and July. No chapters will be released on any platform and there will be no charges to maintain Pa...
2022-03-16 08:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post“There is an option,” Jason told Arabelle. “Something I’ve discussed with Carlos before. There is a place where things that aren’t usually possible become possible. Somewhere I can turn o...
2022-03-15 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“The full explanation is somewhat complicated,” Arabelle said.
“It’d bloody well want to be,” Jason told her. “If there’s a simple explanation for how your team member ended up ...
2022-03-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe small convoy carrying Jason and his friends turned east as soon as it hit the coast, hovering along the wide and well-maintained network of roadways. The immediate turn east was to Belinda’s ...
2022-03-11 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJason and his team, plus Rufus, were sitting around the conference table on the cloud yacht, looking at a projection of a map.
“We’re freer now to make our own decisions than we’ve been...
2022-03-10 22:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostIn the atrium of his pagoda, Jason had set the cloud flask on the floor and placed a funnel into the neck. He had a large box of quintessence gems that he tipped into the funnel.
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2022-03-09 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA large flying carriage landed on the lawn in front of Jason’s pagoda. Jason and his companions emerged, along with Liara, and Jason immediately walked up to the pagoda doors, which opened at his...
2022-03-08 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5 is being published in ebook and audiobook on April 5th.
Chapters from book 5 will be taken down in two weeks from all (legal) online sources.
I'm not wildly comfortable with this...
2022-03-07 22:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostEstella Warnock still thought of it as her grandfather’s house, even though he was now gone. After the death of her parents, Warwick Warnock had retired from adventuring to raise Estella, never p...
2022-03-07 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Humphrey is the least-suited to duelling out of you four,” Neil assessed as they watched Humphrey enter the arena.
Jason had a lot of training and experience in the five years since his ...
2022-02-25 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostTL;DR: I'm taking next week off for mental health (and to get ready to move); big chapter to round out this week.
Writing this story is what I do. It occupies the vast majority of ...
2022-02-25 13:39:38 +0000 UTC View PostJason’s commandeering of the arena’s public address system had broken the tension between Rufus and his opponent, Glenn Twenhey. After they saw Jason escorted off, however, they went right back...
2022-02-24 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMelody woke up in a small pond, her head pounding. She opened her eyes and saw massive amounts of destruction above her, something having ravaged the inside of Asano’s cloud building. It had dest...
2022-02-23 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostMy audio publisher has produced an animated trailer with bit of a PS2 game feel to it. They'll be using it in marketing materials, but if anyone is interested, you can get an early look here before...
2022-02-23 12:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostOn one side of the duelling area, the entire wall was made up of reinforced glass, behind which was the lake at the heart of the sky island. Specially reared aquatic creatures, unfazed by the regul...
2022-02-22 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t believe his majesty went along with this,” Liara muttered as she rode an elevating platform into the bowels of the sky island.
“Dinner and a show,” Jason said. “What’s ...
2022-02-21 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJason, Liara and Zareen were sitting at a table, with Hector de Varco standing in front of them. It was already drawing attention, even if people couldn’t hear through the invisible privacy scree...
2022-02-18 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostUnsurprisingly, the commotion in the middle of the palace ballroom drew attention from across the room. After glancing at Gary standing over some nobleman he had dropped with a serving platter, Jas...
2022-02-17 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe arena-like ballroom was set up in various zones, often repeated in different places around the room. Along with long buffet tables, stewards roamed with trays of food and drink. There were tabl...
2022-02-16 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe tailor, Alejandro Albericci, had come to the pagoda to make final adjustments on the formalwear of Jason’s companions. He was also a fully capable dressmaker and had arranged the gowns for th...
2022-02-15 23:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostJason walked across the atrium of the pagoda and looked at the doors leading outside with a frown.
“Why do these swing open?” he mused out loud. The doors and the section of wall around t...
2022-02-14 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJason and Liara were in the pagoda, taking tea in a parlour as they discussed the Adventure Society liaison to his team.
“Vidal Ladiv,” Jason said. “It’s kind of an inspired choice. S...
2022-02-11 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostMaldonado's team whirled at the unexpected voice. A man was walking out of the jungle and over the ritual line at the edge of the base camp. He was wearing dark red combat robes, not voluminous lik...
2022-02-10 22:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA suppression-collared adventurer was trudging through the jungle, but paused in a clearing. He looked around, warily, seeing nothing but lush jungle and dark shadows. His expression was conflicted...
2022-02-09 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe adventuring teams led by Rangel and Tellez were in dense jungle. With eleven members in the combined group, it was necessary to cut a path, but magic was more than up to the task. One of Rangel...
2022-02-08 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a rocky outcropping on the southern mainland, well beyond the border of Storm Kingdom territory. Towering over the jungle, it overlooked a sweeping river and was an excellent landmark to ...
2022-02-07 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJason tossed the list of names onto the table in front of him.
“This is what Dawn was up to,” he said as he rubbed his temples. “She could have told me. It’s not like I was doing much...
2022-02-04 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post