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IGS #4, Chapter 51

The Nightmare Lady

The tenebrite gave them no more problems.

Instead, it coursed ahead like an eager hound, surprisingly agile on its tentacles...

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IGS #4, Chapter 50

Jova

There were just too many of them.

It wasn’t a question of fury. She had plenty of that. Willpower. That was endless. She tore boulders f...

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IGS #4, Chapter 49

Leonis

The hour was upon them. From outside the temple came the sound of voices, hundreds, thousands of people awaiting his emergence. The world was ...

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IGS #4, Chapter 48

Leonis

They encountered resistance on their third day out.

All joy was gone from the expedition. The nascent camaraderie, the humor around the ...

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IGS #4, Chapter 47 (Revision)

[This Chapter will appear after Chapter 46, wherein Scorio is thrust into the Cube's Gauntlet and initially fails to fight off the blockhead . A new edit introduced during his first exchange wi...

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IGS #4, Chapter 46 (@Gambit asked for a bonus)

Scorio

Scorio exhaled slowly, finding his center, his control. If this was indeed a Gauntlet run, then he had time. Death was assured, certainly, but...

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IGS #4, Chapter 45

Scorio

How often had he been here?

How many times had he found himself flinging himself into the unknown, without much of a plan, deprived of a...

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IGS #4, Chapter 44

Dameon

Hospitality was not one of the Silverines’ strong suites. Never had been. But Dameon had never spent quite this much time simply sitting to ...

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IGS #4, Chapter 43

Leonis

Jova led the way, her plinth spearing out low and fast above the Unfathom’s interminable silver sands. Leonis sat at the rear of her platfor...

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IGS #4, Chapter 42

Naomi

How do you process a selfless deed you know you don’t deserve? As Naomi struggled to keep up with Nox, she wrestled with what was happening, ...

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IGS #4, Chapter 41 (no more bonus chapters after this one)

Scorio

Myla drew back, eyes going wide.

A gust of wind blew dust across the plain and howled through the fluted rocks about them, setting up a ...

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IGS #4, Chapter 40 (Last Bonus chapter, for real)

Scorio

Scorio flew through the Silver Unfathom skies in a daze. His emotions were too mercurial, too powerful, changing from loss to grief to fury to...

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IGS #4, Chapter 39 (Bonus!)

Jova

Jova narrowed her eyes and poured her wrath into the stone before her. It was pliant, but sweat soaked her hair, her robes, and her Heart was pu...

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IGS #4, Chapter 38 (Bonus!)

(Adding some bonus chapters today as the cliffhanger nature of Chapter 37 would be intolerable otherwise, and not the way the actual book would play out.)

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IGS #4, Chapter 37

Scorio

Scorio slumbered. Fingers interlaced beneath his head, he’d lain still for what felt like ages, gazing up unseeing at the shifting clouds, f...

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IGS #4, Chapter 36 (BONUS!)

Scorio

The days became rhythmic. An hour or two of flight behind Braxofitz punctuated by time spent camping as Scorio regained his mana reserves. Xan...

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IGS #4, Chapter 35

Scorio

“Then we’re agreed.” Scorio glanced around the small group. “Swear the Heart Oaths, and we’ll head out into the Unfathom.”

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IGS #4, Chapter 34 (Bonus!)

Leonis

How did one come back from the dead twice?

Always in this life he’d felt haunted by his past self, the last-dead Leonis, the man who...

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IGS #4, Chapter 33

Dameon

Damn it.

Damn it all to Hell.

Dameon hitched his pack nervously and glanced out of the stairwell into the entry hall. Even at this...

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IGS #4, Chapter 32 (BONUS!)

Scorio

In the bowels of the Red Keep lay a great hall, long abandoned, devoid of furniture, and vast in scope. It was deep underground and reached by...

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IGS #4, Chapter 31

Scorio

“So is this what happens when you move up in the ranks?” asked Scorio, sitting back in the armchair and balancing his cup of liquor in hi...

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IGS #4, Chapter 30 (Bonus!)

Scorio

The large hall on the ground floor was filled with even more faces when Scorio descended to find his friends. The central firepit was b...

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IGS #4, Chapter 29

The Nightmare Lady

Naomi lost herself to wonder.

Traversing the Lustrous Maria was akin to wandering through an endless dream. Acherzua had bee...

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IGS #4, Chapter 28

Dameon

This wasn’t a disaster. Far from it. This was an opportunity. If he could play his cards right. If he could keep them both from killing him....

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IGS #4, Chapter 27

Scorio

“Wait,” said Scorio. “Wait, wait, wait. You’re saying—you’re saying you want to explode the Suns to free your missing sister?” View Post

Throne Hunters #3 is live!

Exciting news, everyone! Throne Hunters 3 is now live in both ebook and 2025-08-19 17:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Updated cover by YAM

Here we go - the last of these cover posts, sharing the final iteration based on everyone's feedback. Thanks for helping out, you guys!

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IGS #4, Chapter 26

Scorio

A firm rap on his door dragged Scorio from his dreams—something about chasing the Nightmare lady through the depths of the Chasm, calling he...

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Second take, different background, other covers for context

Thanks for all the help with this one, guys! If only I was as confident about artwork as I was worldbuilding and character arcs...

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Cover for IGS #4

What do you guys think? (Typography from Book 1 used to give you an idea of what the final might look like). Does it 'work' as an IGS cover, or are you not a fan? Really looking for some honest fee...

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