‘Doctor Raven’ was a shallow imitation of the man that Argrave recalled seeing in Erlebnis’ realm when he had absorbed the knowledge from the book in the Archives. Tall with natural gray hair...
2024-01-03 06:52:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Durran told me you said that these were made to kill gods,” Argrave said, staring down upon a ballista. It was entirely metallic, even the string that fired the bolt. He had seen it fire, and ...
2024-01-02 06:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostEmperor Ji Meng had not been able to learn much about this land he found himself stranded in. His captors kept him well-guarded on the ship that they had taken from him in his failed invasion. Thou...
2024-01-01 06:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post“I won’t tolerate you being ungentle with Sophia.” Argrave crossed his arms as he stood before the Alchemist. “You need to be as kind as you know how before I ever bring her around here.”...
2023-12-29 06:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostMelanie had said that Dario was ‘mighty ruined.’ Upon visiting him in the mountain prison cells guarded by far too many people, Argrave thought the description apt. They hadn’t treated him to...
2023-12-28 06:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave stood at the barrier of a doorway, peering in at Sophia. His Brumesingers nestled up against her in small balls of white fur, and she held one of them in her arms as she laid beneath the be...
2023-12-27 06:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave could barely think above the loud rumbling of pain that swept his body. It felt like cords sewn into his body had been ripped free of the muscle and skin surrounding them. The whole of him ...
2023-12-26 06:57:34 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave conjured a wave of flames to meet Mozzahr as he crashed down at him with all the speed and strength of a meteor. He didn’t think it would do much damage—rather, he hoped to obscure visi...
2023-12-25 06:55:22 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave stood on the bridge leading to Blackgard, holding Sophia as he stared down the valley where the river rapids clashed against the rocks below. He felt that his mind was moving much quicker t...
2023-12-22 06:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Sometimes, you learn just enough to entice you. Then, you push a little deeper, not knowing what you’ll find. It’s a treacherous journey, the unknown. You either find nothing… or you find ...
2023-12-21 07:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 2 is out on Kindle and Audible. After deleting some chapters, rearranging others, and adding new ones, the edited version is around 126k words, 1k more than the original. Luke Daniels contin...
2023-12-20 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTraugott watched Argrave and his companions walk over the broken husk of this realm from a distance. He had to admit—he wasn’t expecting such a display of potency from Castro. As it turned out,...
2023-12-20 06:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostTower Master Castro of the Order of the Gray Owl had not been wrong when he told Argrave that he was not famous. He endeavored a great deal to ensure that was not the case, because he much preferre...
2023-12-19 06:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t too much trouble to find Anneliese and all with her after taking care of Good King Norman. Despite the barriers in their way, Argrave was again connected to Elenore. That enabled their ...
2023-12-18 06:59:15 +0000 UTC View Post“While you were gone, a development arose,” the Alchemist explained to Argrave as he stared up at King Norman, watching for any movement. “Your enemy took some inspiration from you. They’ve...
2023-12-15 06:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave walked into the personal office of Good King Norman. It was strange to look upon the man that he’d just killed, sitting behind his desk in that pristine black velvet. Less than an hour ag...
2023-12-14 07:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave changed nothing about this new battle with Norman. The battlefield was the same, the time, the odds—the only thing that’d truly changed was himself, this time. He felt sharp, composed, ...
2023-12-13 07:01:36 +0000 UTC View PostThings weren’t like the movies. Rocky had people helping with his training, but the best Argrave could muster was a psychopath who wanted to do unspeakable things to him.
Argrave learned wi...
2023-12-12 07:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave felt that he had learned all he could about the time loop itself. The things that he had seen with [Minor Truesight], while lesser than what Anneliese might’ve picked out, still confirmed...
2023-12-11 06:59:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Argrave looked upon the so-called silver-tongued priestess with the [Minor Truesight] lent by the Alchemist’s lens, pieces fit together in an instant. They were mysteries both within this sm...
2023-12-08 06:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Mr. Knight is…” Sophia looked at the doll. He saw some tears welling up in those red eyes of hers—and for the first time, Argrave thought it might not be out of simple fear of punishment. ...
2023-12-07 06:52:41 +0000 UTC View PostThough Argrave felt greatly emboldened (and somewhat psychotic) after learning that he was indeed looping through time, he wasn’t quite ready to toss his mortality to the wind quite yet in reckle...
2023-12-06 06:55:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Who are you?”
These were the first words to greet Argrave when he passed through the boundary between the looping Sandelabara and the one within the distortion. When he turned his head t...
2023-12-05 06:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Every time the girl moves, I can see the fractures in this perfect recreation.” Anneliese looked around the room carefully, even as the people within reacted to her presence. “All of this, e...
2023-12-04 06:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs they neared the distant city which Argrave was content calling Sandelabara, the looping effect became all the clearer. The whole world around them seemed to be a malfunctioning tape, lasting for...
2023-12-01 06:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostAt an unspecified time, Argrave found himself in an unspecified place. Considering he’d jumped into a pit, that was the intended outcome. But this was a little different than falling, he could te...
2023-11-30 06:54:57 +0000 UTC View PostVolume 1 of Jackal Among Snakes was around 103k words. After going through critique from Royal Road and Patreon, the edition on Amazon ended up being 110k words. It's a greatly improved version of ...
2023-11-22 17:02:43 +0000 UTC View PostArgrave and Anneliese stood together flanked by many Veidimen guards. At Argrave’s feet was the broken god of storms, while Ji Meng waited cross-legged in the snowy coast with his hands bound beh...
2023-11-22 06:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostThe dwarves gathered in an enlarged room. Large amounts of the strange dwarven metal lined the wall, containing elaborate pipes and nozzles meant to regulate something or other. They stood around t...
2023-11-21 06:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Argrave had done a dressing-down on the imprisoned emperor, a fair bit passed before either party again spoke. The emperor had been kneeling at the low-lying table politely, but he stretched ...
2023-11-20 06:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post