“He's finally gonna talk about us,” Cedric whispered.
Alex paused the record. “It looks like it…and there's already a lot for us to digest.”
“Now we find out why and how he made us,” Drestra said. “Or why and how he mad...
2024-02-10 17:05:49 +0000 UTC
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“Oh shit,” Alex muttered beneath his breath, his stomach sinking. He could already tell where this was going.
A god, desperate to survive, now being forgotten.
It was easy to guess what had brought Thameland to the situation they f...
2024-02-09 22:57:09 +0000 UTC
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When Alex returned with the others to Uldar’s Rise, there was no lack of Watchers present.
The area was secured, and a perimeter had been established, fortifying the gate. Watcher Hill was now there.
“They must've contacted Greymoo...
2024-02-08 20:29:16 +0000 UTC
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“What do you mean trying to smoke the foxes out of the henhouse?” Alex asked. “Has something been going on with the army?”
“It started with transfers,” Hart said. “Officers transferring in from other battalions. People straight...
2024-02-07 15:48:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey hey everybody!
IT'S BOOK 6 TIME!
So we're here today, with book 6 launching on amazon! It's been a long journey here, and I'm so thankful to you all for walking it with me so far. :) My time as an author has been a good one s...
2024-02-07 15:47:54 +0000 UTC
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“Do my eyes deceive me?” Professor Jules called into the night, her eyes wide. Isolde was beside her. “Is that you, Mr. Roth? Please tell me you're not some apparition created as a result of one of your more foolhardy adventures!”
Al...
2024-02-06 18:07:54 +0000 UTC
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Cedric of Clan Duncan was tired.
Tired in ways he didn't know were even possible.
Around the time his fellow Hero—and friend—Alex Roth had gone, looking for the sanctum of that ancient Fool as well as trying to keep the threat of t...
2024-02-03 19:18:05 +0000 UTC
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“So that's why Aenflynn wanted those children!” Alex cried, pausing the recording.
“Why’d you stop?” Theresa demanded. “It sounded like we were about to learn something really important!”
“We just did,” the young wiza...
2024-02-02 20:59:57 +0000 UTC
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At the mention of the fae lord, Alex and Theresa looked at each other. Neither said a word: not wanting to interrupt what Uldar said next.
The god looked wistful. “One of my greatest regrets is that I did not record the passing of my years...
2024-02-01 21:15:04 +0000 UTC
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“By the Traveller!” Theresa screamed.
“By my ancestors, what?” Birger stumbled into his son.
Bjorgrund backpedalled, stumbling into Grimloch.
Brutus began barking.
“Holy shit!” Alex cried, so surprised by the gi...
2024-01-31 20:11:30 +0000 UTC
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Uldar’s throne room was quiet at long last.
The only sounds one could hear were the laboured breathing of Theresa, Grimloch, and Brutus. All eyes were fixed on the dust on the floor at their feet, the First Apostle’s bod...
2024-01-30 20:04:40 +0000 UTC
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Inside, Alex could feel the energies of the divine interdiction dying a slow death. Hannah's own power—the otherworldly strength he’d been granted by a burgeoning demigoddess, pushed against the will of a dead god.
Slowly, Uldar’s will...
2024-01-27 15:59:23 +0000 UTC
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Power, flowing from her swords, raced through Theresa's veins.
Energies churned throughout her being, uniting with her reinforced lifeforce. They shone with the essence of life and divinity.
Gabrian shrank back. “What is this?” he ...
2024-01-26 22:21:42 +0000 UTC
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“How's it coming?” Bjorgrund asked, pacing back-and-forth.
“It's coming,” Alex growled. “But you have to let me focus. This is not easy.”
Within him, two powerful energies warred. Hannah’s power struggled against...
2024-01-25 21:11:10 +0000 UTC
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Gabrian kept screaming.
Screaming until his lungs hurt. He screamed until it felt like his throat was bleeding. He screamed until the echoes of his voice felt as though they would drive him to madness.
Over and over, his mind tried to ...
2024-01-24 17:55:21 +0000 UTC
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“Do you hear something?” Grimloch asked.
“No, why?” Theresa peered up at the moving images in Uldar’s viewing room.
“Thought I did,” the sharkman said, his black doll-like eyes peering at the room’s entrance. “Not the...
2024-01-23 17:45:17 +0000 UTC
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The divine interdiction coiled around his soul, much like it had in the forest in the Irtyshenan Empire, squeezing itself around the Traveller’s power.
Alex clenched his teeth as his teleportation failed.
Inside, Hannah's energy warr...
2024-01-20 19:23:39 +0000 UTC
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The army of monsters came on like a tidal wave of death.
Celestial dire tigers—now well outnumbering the remaining church members—leapt for the resolved warriors, claws tearing and powerful jaws crunching armour.
Elder fire element...
2024-01-19 18:06:29 +0000 UTC
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Disappointed.
Alex had to admit, he was disappointed.
For days, he’d been looking forward to one particular moment: the moment he would watch Gabrian’s shocked face change. He’d played that image over and over in his mind, imagin...
2024-01-18 21:06:45 +0000 UTC
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Birger was all smiles as he stood at the controls, watching the Third Apostle and his weakening forces retreat, heading back to the entrance where the three statues were. To say that their numbers were flagging would be an understatement. To say t...
2024-01-17 21:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Stones rattled against the Stalker’s hand like an impending earthquake coming near.
Spiderweb cracks climbed the wall, spreading through the stone.
The young wizard frowned. “Now,” he whispered in a tongue of elemental earth.
...
2024-01-16 23:30:28 +0000 UTC
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A loud click alerted the young wizard.
Alex looked over his shoulder.
Slots slid open in gaps between every stone in the chamber; floor, walls and even ceiling. Gleaming falchion blades emerged, slicing at the un...
2024-01-13 21:35:50 +0000 UTC
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Watching them—through the portal—the Fool’s face twisted in shock and terror.
“Shit!” he shouted in mock surprise, turning and fleeing deeper into the sanctum.
“After him!” the First Apostle bellowed, pointing his sword a...
2024-01-12 21:00:03 +0000 UTC
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In a southern mountain range within the Irtyshenan Empire, a cold wind whistled across the towering peaks. Strong, intermittently gale force winds blew across the mountains from the north, bringing their endless chill from the world's ice cap, dri...
2024-01-11 20:39:37 +0000 UTC
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For the first time in many years—many centuries in truth—the First Apostle was divided.
When he’d least expected it, a crossroads had appeared before him. For months, his only purpose had been to hunt down the Fool while keeping his fo...
2024-01-10 15:54:37 +0000 UTC
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The Ravener-spawn waited a bit away from the hidden church’s encampment.
Gabrian had seen these sorts of creatures before, with their humanoid shape, long claws, and scab-like, hardened skin.
This one, unlike any he’d ever seen bef...
2024-01-09 21:53:19 +0000 UTC
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“So what's the plan?” Birger asked as he, Alex, and Bjorgrund strode into the laboratory. “How exactly are we going to get them here?”
“I’m sure they're going crazy trying to find us,” Alex grinned. “They’re probably ...
2024-01-06 20:57:59 +0000 UTC
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“Gather around fine folk, and let me tell you a marvelous tale on this fine evening!” the bard called to patrons across the tavern.
He was a tubby man, his balding scalp was barely hidden by a hasty comb-over peeking from a large floppy ...
2024-01-05 13:51:41 +0000 UTC
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“You know, I thought we were going to die,” Birger shook his head, seeming shocked that they were still alive. He raised his arms toward the ceiling, stretching his aching back as the trio entered the lab. “You went through all the trouble o...
2024-01-04 16:09:09 +0000 UTC
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“Oh hells!” Birger hissed, frozen in place like a mouse before a snake.
“Beautiful…” his rune-marked son murmured, his voice a mix of awe and fear.
The mighty war-spirit—a creature of honed flesh and metal—looked at the g...
2024-01-03 19:49:50 +0000 UTC
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