A faint impression of shadows on the wind came to Sam, making him glance up. It wasn’t much, but it hadn’t been there a moment before. His senses swept out across the region as he looked over a...
2022-12-26 03:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral months later, a silver streak appeared in the Void in a remote region of the Near Wild, the area of the Borderlands closest to the Deep Wild. The area was thinly populated, but it was a key...
2022-12-22 05:29:20 +0000 UTC View PostSam looked down at the naga’s crown as thoughts ran fiercely through his mind. It was hard to tell if the naga was honest about the blood oath, but if it was true, it might solve the problem of w...
2022-12-20 03:14:10 +0000 UTC View PostSam’s eyes narrowed as he observed the mercenaries, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of dealing with them. At the moment, they were trapped outside the pillars and the enchantments blo...
2022-12-17 01:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostHe unrolled the length of Frostscale Cloudwolf hide and held it up. It was nearly fifty feet long with intricate blue-white scales along the back and a dark, silver-speckled underside. In refining ...
2022-12-15 03:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostNear the Peak of Sun’s Rest
“Resel, that’s going to fall!” Jeric’s shout carried across the slope of snow and tumbled stones that made up the edge of the second layer. His ...
2022-12-13 01:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s the hot new cover for Book 5!
2022-12-11 08:49:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Holidays, folks. Sam found a Santa hat in the Void!
2022-12-09 19:43:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe flare of light from the runes blasted outward as a shimmering rain of crystal flame covered the area around Sam. His time traveling on the way to the Path hadn’t been wasted, and this spell w...
2022-12-07 21:59:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe Void was filled with tumbling currents that swept across Sam’s mind. They flowed around him like a breeze, pulling his attention one way only to distract him by pushing it another way a momen...
2022-12-03 01:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe energy of the border washed over Sam’s shoulders like a cool and burning river. It was a mix of things—hot and dark, light and cold. Things that should not have been next to one another wer...
2022-11-24 19:31:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe stars streamed past as the Will of the Path carried Sam along. It was almost like walking, but he could sense the shifting currents of the astral threads moving around him as the stars turned i...
2022-11-19 23:30:57 +0000 UTC View PostSam considered the words from the Will of the Path as he felt his body reforming. Memories from Titans who had walked the stars poured into him, far more than the images that the Will had just show...
2022-11-15 01:23:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This one was just finished. It’s by EL Geron, the same artist who did the xianxia version a month or so back.
Enjoy!
2022-11-11 23:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the beginning of the Path.
The voice of the Will of the Path echoed, its words a crashing roar as it seemed to fade into the distance. <...
2022-11-09 07:31:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Path of Stars stretched through the Void. Sparkling colors in a thousand streaks of flame and fury rippled into the distance, flowing past at the edge of Sam’s awareness. His eyes were half-c...
2022-11-01 00:37:18 +0000 UTC View PostThis is from the beginning of River of Fate, Book 1: The Jade Scripture.
It's about a chapter in, rather than the first page. The scene is Old Yuan and Verse talking. I won't say more, ...
2022-10-31 04:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Book 4 is live on Amazon KU!
I hope you enjoyed the chapters as they came out here.
If you feel like leaving a review, it's always appreciated.
Sam Hastern
Level 200
Race: Astral Titan (Young Adult)
Class: Astral Artificer
Subclass: Spirit o...
2022-10-17 00:07:58 +0000 UTC View PostThere's nothing to worry about if you missed the epub release. I've taken it down due to Kindle's exclusivity rules, but if you were here for this release (pre-20th of Oct), just send me a message ...
2022-10-16 02:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostIn the remains of an ancient crater, there was only scorched earth and the damaged frame of a gateway that had led somewhere else. Golden shoots of young grass were already climbing around the base...
2022-10-15 05:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post
In a slightly different universe, here's some other art of Sam.
I prefer his face a bit older, but some folks asked for a younger-looking version of him, so here’s one.
His Cha...
2022-10-13 15:55:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe world disappeared behind a silver barrier as Sam was swept away into the void. Stars floated in the distance, both near and far, like shining promises of what could be. It was familiar and not....
2022-10-06 23:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostThree teams of the assassins headed toward Sam with their strange, liquid speed. This time, all but two of them were at the Second Evolution, their levels ranging from 202 to 211. Their classes wer...
2022-10-04 20:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe spells from Sam’s bracers descended on the invaders like a wave of death. He avoided targeting the elementals, but fortunately they were grouped near the back along with a few Legionnaires an...
2022-10-01 04:02:49 +0000 UTC View PostLightning tore through the earth below as Sam looked down at the broken stones that led to the first place marked on his map. It was a massive impact crater on the plains, as if the heavens had rea...
2022-09-29 23:58:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe cavern where Sam was walking was heated by the earth until flows of magma ran along cracks in the floor, turning the area into a lake of fire dotted by only the occasional stone island. The cur...
2022-09-28 18:31:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe way through the tunnels took two hours. It went around in a curving descent as they descended into the earth and then it swept up again, until they were nearly on the same level as Runekeld, bu...
2022-09-25 00:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe world shimmered with green pillars that rose upward on every side. They weren’t trees, but rather columns of lightning stretching between earth and sky. Only their shape was similar. Despite ...
2022-09-24 22:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Heart of Magma floated above the pool as Sam fed it the last aura related to fire and earth that he had. There were about thirty, so it took a little while as the Heart absorbed each of them. A...
2022-09-21 05:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post