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IGS #4, Chapter 25

Scorio

The Red Keep hove into view.

It was like nothing Scorio had imagined. Cradled by huge banks of slowly roiling fog, its sanguine walls ro...

IGS #4, Chapter 24

Scorio

They executed their escape after the next sleep cycle.

Scorio spent most of the ‘night’ lying on his nest of pink fronds staring up ...

IGS #4, Chapter 23

Scorio

Everybody fanned out across the cavern floor but for Xandera, who entered their customary cave and moved to the rear wall in readiness.

...

IGS #4, Chapter 22

Scorio

Nezzar smashed across Scorio’s face like a thunderbolt. The force behind the blow was punishing. The world flared white and silver as Scorio...

IGS #4, Chapter 21

Jova

As the bronze sun descended beyond the straits into the Crimson Sea, the sky grew hazy with hues of magenta, lavender, and peach. The rough moun...

Trouble accessing IGS manuscript while on the road

I'm so sorry, everyone. This isn't some asinine attempt to drag out cliff hangers, but just a truly frustrating problem with Dropbox backups and Scrivener on my laptop not opening the latest file. ...

IGS #4, Chapter 20

The Nightmare Lady

“Run!” screamed the Nightmare Lady, scampering over the dunes on all fours. “Damn it, Nox, run!”

Her shadow fled before her, angular ...

IGS #4, Chapter 19

Leonis

They must have forgotten how echoes carried in this place. Leonis sat cross-legged before his cave, hands resting lightly on his knees, and listened to Scorio ...

IGS #4, Chapter 18

Scorio

“You already know what to do,” said Scorio.

“Funny,” replied Jova, hands on her hips. “If I did, I’d be a Pyre Lord.”

IGS #4, Chapter 17

Scorio

“What?” Leonis’ shout echoed off the cavern walls. “You’re serious? You’re saying I’ve been hauling rocks like an idiot for noth...

IGS #4, Chapter 16

Scorio

Scorio awoke to a gentle shake of his foot. Darkvision revealed Kelona crouched in the mouth of his cavern, her expression at once nervous yet challenging. When Scorio sat up, she rose...

IGS #4, Chapter 15

Scorio

A sound tugged Scorio from sleep. Half aware, he leaped to his feet, blinking away his stupor as he glanced about the darkness.

No sign ...

IGS #4, Chapter 14

Scorio

“All right, listen up,” said Scorio as he approached the others. They’d gathered by Leonis’s side looking somewhere between tense, dej...

IGS #4, Chapter 13

Scorio

Leonis still hadn’t woken up when everybody got into position.

Scorio did his best to not fret. The big man’s breathing was steady, ...

IGS #4, Chapter 12

The Nightmare Lady

The Nightmare Lady loped along the edge of the cliff, her tail undulating behind her, talons digging into the crusty rock. She ran...

IGS #4, Chapter 11

Scorio

For the first short while everybody stayed close, clustered together not far from the plug, watching intently and listening for sounds of impe...

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IGS #4, Chapter 10

Scorio

Impatient, Scorio fell into a steep dive. The wind rushed about them as he half-furled his wings, and Kelona let out a whoop of excitement. Th...

IGS #4, Chapter 9

Scorio

When the sanguine sun finally began to rise, it did so swiftly. One moment it lay low in the sky, causing the air to swelter and roil, the des...

IGS #4, Chapter 8

Scorio

Flight.

Scorio never felt more free.

With his huge wings extended, he glided on the baking hot thermals that rose from the desert ...

IGS #4, Chapter 7

Scorio

After the Heart Oaths were sworn, Leonis and Jova departed to collect their packs, leaving Moira and Scorio to wander LastRock until they foun...

IGS #4, Chapter 6

Scorio

The light streaming through the windows was the burnished amber of midday. Scorio blinked, passed his hand over his face, then sat up. The thr...

IGS #4, Chapter 5

Leonis

A dull ache awoke Leonis from his stupor. For a moment he just lay beneath the tousled sheets, blinking up at the cracked stone ceiling. His b...

IGS #4, Chapter 4

Jova

Jova quit Moira’s administration hall, Ignited her Heart, and rose on a slab of stone to the top of her tower. The sounds of LastRock awakenin...

IGS #4, Chapter 3

Scorio

“Wait, what?” Scorio rushed to the edge of the roof just in time to see Moira land on the ruptured sidewalk and dust off her hands. “Jov...

IGS #4, Chapter 2

Scorio

An arid wind blew off the metallic desert to the south and moaned through the gaps in the wall. The light was dark and murderous, the even sky...

IGS #4, Chapter 1

The Nightmare Lady

Nox leaped and crawled across the desert, and the Nightmare Lady followed.

At first she staggered after him on instinct. Exh...

The beginning of an experiment

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Throne Hunters Book Four, Chapter 42

(Quick note about a passage I've entered into Chapter 37. You'll immediately see why this was a necessary edit :P

“What do you suggest, Sam?” Harald knew his anger was misplaced, bor...