Jace saw colors flash in front of him - red, blue, and finally a soft purple as he landed on his butt. “Ouch!” he yelped in pain from his now-bruised tailbone. It was not a soft landin...
2024-09-08 01:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostJace saw the world turn black around him once more. He was floating on an enormous ocean of sparkling white and yellow shimmers. The undulating waves under him buoyed him on the surface and the sta...
2024-09-08 00:27:09 +0000 UTC View PostJace’s mind raced. No way. This isn’t possible. You can’t stop time entirely. He wished he could turn his head around to look at his pursuers, but he could not. He just knew...
2024-09-08 00:26:37 +0000 UTC View PostBlurb:
One week. If you survive, you choose a Cosmic Power...If you survive.
Jace isn't one to give up. Not when his sister dies. Not when he lose...
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The evening passed quickly, and Lyn found herself laughing and smiling more than she had in the past month. The heroes had all gathered – Thomas, Trisha, Ben, Brad...
2024-09-05 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn slept well that night. Everything is going perfectly according to plan, she thought. King Skir and his courtiers had all accepted her offered flight –...
2024-09-04 13:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post1
Misty heard a loud ‘ding’ noise and looked to a small plate that sat on her desk. Under the glass dome, a rolled up bit of parchment appeared. She took the dome ...
2024-09-03 13:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post1
James charged at the enormous snake, weaving between its lashing strikes as he stabbed at it with his sword. Once he got close enough to the main body of the creatur...
2024-08-29 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post1
Bolvon sat in the corner, unnoticed by the Foskor Diplomat sitting across from Rashanna. Lurgen Naskowitz, as he had learned, was a man who was very prudent and prop...
2024-08-28 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post1
So, this is what the Valley of the Volcano looks like? Lawrence thought as he went over the large walls that appeared as mountains. He had never been i...
2024-08-27 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post1
Thane Mol stood in the large vault. Right to business then, he thought as he shut the large door behind him. As part of Lady Rivers’ increased securi...
2024-08-22 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post1
Kory growled at the recruits that passed by him. Fucking pathetic, he thought as the new additions to Valagonia’s military might wound their way past him....
2024-08-21 14:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post1
James sighed as he completed the dungeon combat encounter and entered the reward chamber. He walked to the wooden box, opened it, and consumed the dungeon core withi...
2024-08-20 13:54:45 +0000 UTC View PostGREAT NEWS!
I have signed a publishing deal with Mango Media!
You will keep getting Ruinous Return chapters, but in the near future I will be combining Books 1 and 2....
2024-08-18 15:29:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We got new artwork from the wonderful nachtimmel on Vgen (link here!)
BEHOLD LYN RIVERS! DESTROYER! RULER OF THE ET...
2024-08-17 15:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post1
Misty jumped slightly as Lyn inhaled deeply and sat up. She looked around before her eyes landed on Misty, and the disc atop the table. Where’s the mana core?<...
2024-08-15 14:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post1
After their mana had recovered, Lyn led the way down the corridor to the next chamber. There was another square chamber with a pedestal. “How many chambers were th...
2024-08-14 14:03:35 +0000 UTC View Post1
Misty stood atop her tower, staring out across the vassal-state of Vharthos where her college was located, within the kingdom of Trisk’s borders. Much had been on her min...
2024-08-13 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post1
Gael stood at rapt attention as Finala finished the report. “…Trisk appears open to becoming your first vassal state. Diplomat Rashanna’s letter lays out a dat...
2024-08-08 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA few weeks ago, I had folks vote on 3 out of 6 possible 'Relationship' / 'Slice of Life' scenes.
The winners were...
Admiral Naila + Bodyguard Vael, Knowledge Hero Thomas + Mage...
2024-08-08 03:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostWithout any spoilers...there have been references throughout the narrative to something called 'The Abyss'.
Some of the natives of Ghomar have referenced it (Book 1, Chapters 4, 18 / Book 2, ...
2024-08-08 03:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post1
The prior day was spent relaxing with Trisha and Ben’s family, as well as meeting their kids who were extremely excited to ‘fight’ the Destroyer. She had playe...
2024-08-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn turned and walked to the gate, placing her palm on the inscription and pouring mana into the etched words. The metal structure lifted, and she walked under. She ...
2024-08-06 14:18:21 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn Rivers, the Destroyer, sat in tense silence as she waited for Thomas – the Knowledge hero who had just committed himself to her cause – to unveil whatever hi...
2024-08-02 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post1
Vael stood behind and to the side of Lyn’s throne. The whole council was assembled for their daily meeting, and she zoned out as the various going-ons of empire-bu...
2024-08-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI'm still working hard on Book 4 (every chapter is 10k words minimum! I'm going a bit overboard with it). I've determined where the story ends, and have the plot sketched out already.
But...a...
2024-07-31 17:09:50 +0000 UTC View PostNo Lyn this chapter, as I’m setting up several plot points and having an outsider perspective on what’s going on in The Valley of the Volcano.
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2024-07-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Lyn was led by Finala to a staircase near the far end of fortress, the furthest wing that split off from the main complex under Shiverburn Summit where Lyn’s treas...
2024-07-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post1
Lyn heaved a sigh of relief as she finally arrived at the mountains surrounding the Valley of the Volcano. She had spent the past two days propelling herself along t...
2024-07-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter has some heavy development for Rashanna (the Diplomat serving Lyn, under Chancellor Vehenna). Lyn has her own part at the end of the chapter, but there’s a lot of this side chara...
2024-07-28 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post