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Wild Era 3, Ch 29: Hints of Sarathia

When Kelin landed on the ship, it was filled with chaos. Shouts, screams, and tears filled the air in every direction.

Almost everyone had been injured in the earlier collision with the necro...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 28: Hellfire

The necromancer was too far away for Kelin to attack easily, but the bone wraiths were heading on a path that wasn’t far from him as they flew toward the island.

As they approached, he move...

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Wild Era 1: 0.99 US/CA, Oct 26 Only, Amazon Daily Deal

Book 1 of Wild Era has an Amazon Daily Deal today (Oct 26) in the US/CA for 0.99.

Here's your heads-up!

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Wild Era 3, Ch 27: Bone Wraiths

As Kelin walked toward the necromancer, he kept the Wildfire intense, channeling it into ever higher realms of power.

It wasn’t difficult to get rid of all the undead. 

Wildfire ...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 26: Necromancer

As the necromancer crossed the waves, more bones flew up to surround him in a cloak that trailed out across the sky. Wraiths and specters appeared as well, howling as they flowed in a dark wind. View Post

Signing Kickstarter Editions

Working on signing these title pages for Battlefield Reclaimer.

500+ of them.

I did Bo...

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Cover: Wild Era 3

The ebook cover is done!

Wild Era 3 ebook releases Nov 26th!

The cover will be up on Amazon by the end of the day:

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Wild Era 3, Ch 25: Pirates

As Kelin jumped out of the hold, broken shards of the hatch flew in every direction. He levitated until he was floating a dozen feet in the air. 

The sun was bright and the ocean made ev...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 24: Soul Sage

The manager’s howls gave way to a flood of information in Kelin’s mind. It was a mix of images, events, people, names, and more. 

His Soul Search spell interpreted it and presented i...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 23: Trouble

After Kelin practiced with his new abilities for a while, he became comfortable with them. Then he headed back to the resort.

The Ocean of Storms was still peaceful and sunny, with only a lin...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 22: Sovereign

The Sovereign’s hall stretched out endlessly around Kelin, until it seemed like it was merging with the stars and the Void. 

It was an entire plane of existence hanging above the world...

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Kelin Wildfire, Centered Art

Another version, but no phoenix and centered.

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Kelin Wildfire, Art

Here is some art of Kelin from EL Geron.

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Wild Era 3, Ch 21: Soul Changes

Kelin spent a long time searching through the stars in the Void, looking at every class available to him.

He studied and then discarded one after another as he looked for the perfect one.&nbs...

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Cover Art for Wild Era 3!

Here's the cover art for Book 3!

Paris Ioannou has done an amazing job again. I really like the details of the phoenix and Kelin's clothing, plus the magical effects.

This will be up on...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 20: Dark Ice Behemoth

The Soul Star spell struck the behemoth at the same time as its tentacles slammed down on Kelin’s mana shield.

The tentacles should have been over a hundred feet away since he was keeping h...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 19: Dark Ocean

As Kelin walked along the dark road, he took the opportunity to study the darkvision trait. 

It was very different from seeing with light, but it already felt natural. He could see aroun...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 18: Six Weeks

This time, it took Kelin six weeks to reach his goal. 

Getting Ice Resistance had been easy, but Dark was a struggle. He had plenty of food and supplies, but the drain of the nothingness...

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Wild Era, Ch 17: Edge of Night

Kelin spent hours in that first location of the dungeon, letting the ice spirits’ aura and attacks seep into his blood and bones until he was barely able to move. 

Ice coated his body ...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 16: Emerald Coast

Kelin arrived on the Emerald Coast before midnight, his body still phased into shadow.

There were several hours left before dawn where he could travel easily, so instead of heading directly t...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 15: Sandren

A bit over a day later, Kelin dropped Yao and Naomi off at the guild to resume their normal training.

They were over the moon with their new soul bonds and the quiet voices of their elemental...

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Kickstarter: Deluxe Foil Version

The tri-color deluxe foil option for the books came in. Here are some photos!

Overall, this blue/gold/silver combination gives it a good celestial vibe, I think.

There's a bit of glare ...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 14: Soul Bonds

While Yao and Naomi found spots they liked, Kelin studied the flow of mana in the area.

“Sit down and start practicing mana weaving,” he said once they sat down. “It will help you to fe...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 13: Elements

Kelin spent the better part of the next two days with Yao and Naomi, carefully teaching them the basics of Irian Mana Weaving. 

One of the advantages of having a master teach a skill was...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 12: Ancient Art

The following morning, Kelin yawned as he stored everything away and rose out of his hideaway.

The sunset colors of the dungeon were the same as before and he nodded at them as he headed for ...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 11: Two Remnants

The next couple of days were fairly calm, at least for Kelin.

For the dungeons, not so much.

He stood in the remains of the second one in two days, looking out at the ocean of Wildfire ...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 10: Settling Matters

Baron Kean’s Mansion

Toren Kean looked down at the communication amulet in his hand and frowned. 

Eleven of the stones were intact. The twelfth, he’d burned out himsel...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 9: Legal Ploy

When Kelin arrived at the guild desk, he found the three mercenary captains waiting there with Jesra.

There was also Telos at Level 172, Olesa at Level 165, and Plato at Level 148. Respective...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 8: Estate

When Kelin reached Highmist, he faded back into a physical form and passed through the gates. Then he headed to the guild hall.

“It’s going fairly well,” Jesra said, looking a bit tired...

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Wild Era 3, Ch 7: Advances

When Kelin reached the second Challenge, he found a storm of ash covering the area.

It towered hundreds of feet into the air, making it look like a hurricane stretching up to the heavens, and...

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