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1/5 Weekly Roundup

At long last, I've finished drafting book 2, which will finish up soon here. The total wordcount of books 1 and 2 together is just short of a half-million words, which is a crazy big number and still sounds strange to me when I say it. As always, thanks a ton for reading and supporting the story ...

 Chapter 168 - The Soulbound Spellbook

Mirian tried to stay calm, but for once, as the apocalypse approached, she had something to lose. The alchemists she’d hired were good, but they’d still fucked up distilling the titan catalyst twice, which had caused unacceptable delays. The third try, they’d finally gotten it using a fifte...

Chapter 167 - The Archmage Mirian Castrella

Mirian sheathed her wand of levitation and looked up at the transformed Apophagorga. There would be no running. In one hand, she held Eclipse like a conductor’s baton, in the other, Archmage Luspire’s spellbook. She looked around again. Most of her little army was decimated.

She had one...

Chapter 166 - The Soul of a Titan

As a scarlet dawn broke on the 28th, Mirian surveyed her arrayed forces one last time.

From her vantage on her command ship, Mirian could distinguish Annita even at a distance from her distinctive eyepatch. Her hunters were spread out in an arc in the forest, with stone walls woven through ...

12/29 Weekly Roundup

Happy holidays! Family and travel make posting and editing a challenge this time of year (my ancient Chromebook starts chugging every time I switch a tab, and outright refuses to work with websites like Patreon). Making this post on a phone is beyond annoying. But relaxation is good for the write...

Chapter 165 - Speedrunning the Loop - Solem 21

Mirian sat in the heart of the Alkazaria Citadel around a long, crowded table. The large, domed room they were in was ancient. Long ago, kings had held meetings with their lords here. The old stonework and angular carvings on the wall were contrasted by the modern glyph lamps.

Ibrahim was s...

Chapter 164 - Speedrunning the Loop: Another Perspective

Torrviol, Solen 3

Lily was walking back from the dining hall when she saw it. Several students were looking up at something, and, curious, she looked up with them. She’d been on edge ever since Mirian disappeared. Then, if the whole town hadn’t been in enough of an u...

Chapter 163 - Speedrunning the Loop, Solem 2-3

In the morning, Mirian went wyvern hunting.

On previous trips, she’d brought her myrvite detector up to identify their locations, and found several nests. She had to be picky, though. The lesser wyverns had shorter wings and thinner bones. She needed greater wyverns. According to Professo...

Chapter 162 - Speedrunning the Loop, Solem 1

On the 163rd cycle, Mirian awoke, threw off the covers, and was out of bed before the first drop of water from the ceiling hit her. She scrambled to dress.

“Mirian?” came the voice of her groggy roommate. “Did the alarm candle not—what time is—?”

“Sorry, gotta run. Don�...

12/15 Weekly Roundup Post

Here's a roundup of this week's new chapters. Hopefully everyone is having a fantastic weekend (or had one, I guess, depending on what part of the world you're in).

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Chapter 161 - Final Preparations

Mirian spent two more cycles training with Rostal. The old dervish pushed her hard, but she demanded he push her harder. She built the death-corridor course in an abandoned part of the Palendurio canals to keep herself used to the hall. She also raised up three stone pillars with shape stone<...