WanderingLeaf

Team Player B2Ch21: Beating the Odds

Sleep hadn’t come easily to her, despite her fatigue. All the same, Alex rose the next day and went up to the wall. She’d half expected Sam to meet her there, but the only person waiting this t...

Common Clay B3Ch3: Sarlsboro

The next day dawned bright and early. Too bright and too early, if anyone had asked Clay, but no one really had.

He’d been up early, feeling a bit worn from his lack of a restful sleep. His...

Iron Kingdom B3Ch2: On the Road Again

It took a full two days for the banners he’d chosen for his journey to prepare themselves for the march to the Sortenmoors.

Compared to the army he’d left with to defeat Teblas, his force...

Team Player B2Ch20: Saving the Washouts

[D Rank Surveyor Alex, Gatekeeper]

[Ascension Level: 6]

[Role: Porter (Role Skills: None]

[Role Level: 1]

[Experience: 700/2800]

[Attributes: Strength -> 6, Speed -...

Common Clay B3Ch2: A Busy Night

The festival continued fairly late into the evening. By the time the villagers began to break up and head back to their homes, the sun was already beginning to lower towards the horizon. His family...

Iron Kingdom B2Ch1: A Cold Start

Matt watched as the wall came down.

It had belonged to a building that had stood near the palace in Redspire for decades as part of a nobleman’s mansion. Other, less prestigious buildings h...

Team Player B2Ch19: Raising the Stakes

Alex had just gotten back from the portal room—where Wells had seemed particularly dissatisfied with her, as usual—and had finished her phone call with her parents, when her phone chirped again...

Common Clay B3Ch1: A Hero's Welcome

Clay watched his opponent shift her feet in front of him. His spear was heavy in his hands, and he adjusted his grip on the shaft. They’d already been fighting for nearly half an hour now, and ne...

Iron Angels B3Ch17: Shelter

Gabe swam in an ocean of knowledge.

Coordinating the push to save the Concord had need OMNI’s help, and that meant he had needed to focus as the entire calculation had sped th...

Team Player B2Ch18: Sticking to the Climb

The portal room was a vision of chaos. It was packed with Surveyors, many of whom looked vaguely disoriented in the mass of people entering and leaving the vortex. Alex stepped around a group of ne...

Iron Kingdom B2Ch20: The Fruits of Victory

The aftermath of the battle seemed like it was nearly as much work as the battle itself.

His soldiers had searched among the fallen for the wounded, both from his forces and those of the enem...

Common Clay B2Ch26: The Return

It was a beautiful morning, on the very edge of spring.

Even in a city as big as Crownsguard, the air seemed to be full of life and warmth. While he wouldn’t have described the air as compl...

Iron Angels B3Ch16: Fatal Destiny

Susan blinked as data flooded in from OMNI. The flicker of red light abruptly resolved into something far more detailed, revealing a cluster of ships as accurately as if she had sent an RSR patrol ...

Progress Report

So! I managed to get Summer Revolution, the fourth Iron Kingdom book, done and ready for beta readers this week. I think it turned out pretty good! Next up on the schedule is Common Labor, the four...

Team Player B2Ch17: Taking Up the Challenge

[Marathoning advances to 4!]

Alex slowed to a stop along the perimeter wall, breathing evenly. She’d just finished her second lap around the entire complex, and she was already doing better...

Iron Kingdom B2Ch19: Fallen Royalty

The lines were silent as Matt rode back to his side of the field. His soldiers had obviously seen the new enemies revealed. They could count just as well as he could, and they knew they were sudden...

Iron Angels B3Ch15: Final Understanding

Mr. Grey stepped out into the shuttle bay of the Archive and drew in a single, shuddering breath.

The air was still, almost solemn. It was an appropriate atmosphere for the day, which was one...

Common Clay B2Ch25: Final Slime

Rest was easy to come by after they returned.

Even the anxiety over the assault the next day couldn’t keep Clay awake once the others took the watch. He fell into a deep and dreamless sleep...

Hector Kingsley B3Ch17: In Pursuit of Glory

The next few minutes were a blur of motion that scarcely caught my attention. I stood in the ruins of the ballroom and watched as the thugs were cleared away and the French garrison arrived. Some o...

Team Player B2Ch16: Remedial Duty

The day before the next Survey, Alex slumped onto her bed in the barracks, and sighed.

It had been a good couple of days of training. She’d managed to bring her Skills up quickly; even Batt...

Iron Kingdom B2Ch18: Diplomacy

He woke on the day after they arrived at the Forks and walked out of his tent to find a fairly decent battlefield waiting for him.

Between his magic and the industry of his men, there was a b...

Hector Kingsley B3Ch16: A Dance of Death

We reached the place where we planned to wait for the enemy well before the appointed time. The corridor was near the kitchens, connecting them with the ballroom. It was actually quite a large dist...

Common Clay B2Ch24: Slime Purge, Part Three

By the time he’d killed his seventh giant ironslime, Clay was beginning to feel an almost continuous ache throughout most of his body. He’d gone back to the camp and changed Xavien out for Nata...

Iron Angels B3Ch14: Leviathans Rising

Gabe watched as the technicians made the final connections to Eagro’s rig. They had been fastidious about checking and double checking each step, but now, finally, they were ready.

At least...

Iron Kingdom B2Ch17: March to the Forks

Matt looked around the crowded room. The Matriarchs had been kind enough to point out to him that their strategy room in the Citadel could be used for his work. It was not a small place; a table th...

Team Player B2Ch15: Carried Away

“Okay, a couple of you are new to this, so here’s the deal.” Tom grinned confidently. “We’re not going to select Patrol this time, since the goal is to get the portal’s energy levels un...

Iron Angels B3Ch13: Seeds of Destruction

Mr. Grey walked through the corridor, attempting to contain the steadily building fury inside him.

The Contact had not communicated with him since the disastrous ambush of their assets, but h...

Hector Kingsley B3Ch15: Preparing For Battle

A thousand different things might have happened as we returned through the corridors of the airship to our newly assigned quarters, but I would never remember any of them. My mind was far too fixat...

Common Clay B2Ch23: Slime Purge, Part Two

“So wait, you and Jack already killed three of those things?”

Clay nodded, wishing that Anne would keep her voice down. She’d been extremely excited to join him, but she didn’t seem t...

Team Player B2Ch14: Sneaking Around

“You were wise to bring this to me.” Sam sat back in his chair, giving off an over-exaggerated mob boss impression that wasn’t exactly helped by his cheesy faux-Italian accent. “Of course, ...