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Wild Era, Ch 21: Poison Wraiths

Twenty poison wraiths poured out of the forest and toward the soulfire barrier on the road.

Kelin didn’t wait for them to get any closer before he started casting.

Two soul arrows for...

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Wild Era, Ch 20: Dungeon Plot

As the adventurers gathered around, Kelin laid out what he knew about the dungeon.

“The Hesen should have a city or some type of encampment deeper into the forest,” he said, indicating th...

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Wild Era, Ch 19: Sarathian Assassin

As the adventurers closed in on his location, Kelin decided on the simplest course of action.

He targeted the Sarathian assassin and a soul arrow appeared in his hand.

“Hold on there,...

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Wild Era, Ch 18: Ruins of Empire

The trees pulsed with mana as Kelin walked deeper into the forest, searching for more enemies and signs of the Hesen encampment. 

Now that he’d started killing things, he could feel th...

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Kickstarter, Book 1 Endsheet Art

EL Geron just finished this piece of Sam and Jeric fighting the Basalt Gnome Warlord in Battlefield Reclaimer.

This piece is going to be printed inside the back cover of the special Kickstar...

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Wild Era, Ch 17: Shieldrun Forest

Welcome to the Shieldrun Forest Chaos Remnant.

The notification rang in Kelin’s mind as he passed through the barrier. 

Open blue sky, rolling plains, and a vast...

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Wild Era, Ch 16: First Dungeon

Kelin spent a little longer getting the dungeon information from Sandren, and then he did as he had promised and let her register the basics of his inheritance, which really just meant entering it ...

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Wild Era, Ch 15: Guild Benefits

The two guards at the door saw Kelin running forward. They should have recognized him, but instead they drew their swords as they readied themselves to meet him.

Kelin didn’t care why they ...

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Wild Era, Ch 14: Inheritance

When Kelin woke up, it was barely dawn and Yao and Naomi were still asleep.

He renewed the Soulfire Sigil again, as he had awoken to do each time it dissipated throughout the night, and then ...

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Wild Era, Ch 13: Yao and Naomi

Yao’s Perspective

In a plain room in one of the Blade and Shield’s inns, Yao was feeling anxious and furious as he looked across the table at Naomi.

She had two black eyes ...

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Wild Era, Ch 12: Guild Badge

“Congratulations,” the captain said slowly as she looked at Kelin and the disappearing hydra. “I really didn’t think you would manage that.

“You’re the first person I’ve seen ki...

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Wild Era, Ch 11: Guild Assessment (Double)

The first monster appeared at the end of the hall where the formation’s focus was location.

It was a Level 10 Water Rat.

They were oversized rodents that often spawned near the river ...

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Wild Era, Ch 10: Highmist

The road to the city was only a few miles long. 

Walking it now blended with the memories of Kelin’s younger self, but there was a sense of freedom that hadn’t been there before.

...

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Wild Era, Ch 9: Leaving the Mine

As Kelin ascended through the tunnel, he collected the hides from the braggans that he’d left behind until his spatial storage couldn’t hold anymore.

Once it was full, he pulled the backp...

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Wild Era, Ch 8: Everlasting Flame (Double)

Farther down the mine, he encountered another group of monsters, which was a pack of braggans again. 

They were a bit stronger than the ones above and there were six of them, ranging fro...

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Wild Era, Ch 7: Chaos Remnants

When Kelin surfaced in the main tunnel, another trio of braggans was roaming nearby.

The mine had always been tempting to them and it was only more so now that the mana density had increased....

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Wild Era, Ch 6: Son of Irian

Kelin cycled some mana through his body as he tested the changes from his class specialization. 

The energy flowed through his meridians differently and as he released some around him, t...

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Wild Era, Ch 5: Class Specialization

As Kelin rested, he set up a small cooking area that was little more than a circle of stones with larger ones at the edges, creating something like a bowl. 

He placed a section of tail f...

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Wild Era, Ch 4: Lord of Wildfire

“Path of Stars,” Kelin said aloud. “Access my record. How did I die?”

He waited for a response, putting all the mana he had to spare into the call.

However, as time passed there...

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Wild Era, Ch 3: Priorities

When Kelin woke up again, Gaius let him know that nothing interesting had happened while he was asleep. 

The elemental had been keeping an eye on the area as a guard, which was one of it...

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Aster Fall 9 Is Now Out On Amazon

High Artificer, Book 9 of Guardian of Aster Fall, is now out on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.

https://www.amazon....

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Wild Era, Ch 2: Repairs

Rebuilding himself took a while.

There was only so much he could do at Level 9 and with a limited mana pool, but he kept at it. With this untrained body, his speed wasn’t what it used to be...

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Wild Era, Ch 1: Mana Collapse

Author's Note: The following chapter is the beginning of Wild Era, the new series. It is in the same universe as Aster Fall, roughly 5,000 years after the end of Book 9 of Guardian of Aster Fal...

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After High Artificer, What's Next?


Thank you so much for reading Guardian of Aster Fall over the last three and a half years.

It's been a wild and amazing journey.

Book 9 is the final book of the series, but a...

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High Artificer: Epilogue

Sam stood among the stars as his dominion stretched across the galaxy. 

He was half in the Heart of the Void and half in the main dimension as he watched the formation of the new Path.&n...

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High Artificer Epub

Epilogue chapters will be out over the next couple of days.

For now, here is the epub of Ch 1-40.

The epub will be available for about a week, but will come down on the 28th, before th...

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High Artificer, Ch 40: Reforging the Path

When Sam reappeared, it was outside of his Titan Hall near Council.

A flick of his hand unmoored the dimensional placement of the realm and then he collapsed it into a point. The hall and all...

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High Artificer, Ch 39: Asenya

After killing the Vos’Rekan and distributing the rewards of battle, including the promised visits to the World Core, Sam dismissed all of those who had gathered, sending them back to their homes....

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High Artificer, Ch 38: Ancient Foe

Sam and the army walked out of the portal in a flash of starlight, fading into existence between one moment and the next.

The Vos’Rekan’s system was a dark and silent zone. They had appea...

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High Artificer, Ch 37: Titan Army

Sam stood in the Void outside of Council, assessing those who had gathered for the hunt.

There were hundreds of them.

Apparently, hunting a legendary beast beside an Astral Titan was so...

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