Just as a heads up, my current plan is to finish (for now) Viceroy's Pride as a trilogy. It's been a lot of fun to write, but after 8 months and close to a thousand pages, I'm starting to get a little burned out.
There's a decent chance Dan will come back at a later date for a follow...
Sunlight disappeared behind Dan as he and a team of fifty power armored soldiers walked up the ramp into the Orakh landing ship. At the mouth of the vessel, Dan paused for a second and glanced backward at where William organized the rest of their forces in a rough semicircle ar...
2020-07-24 04:41:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The cavern was gigantic, more than large enough to house Basil’s Cove in it. More than that, it was gorgeous. Every cliff face and stalactite was covered in intricate carvings and inlaid with metal filigree. Even the ceiling was inlaid with a great tile mosaic, di...
2020-07-24 00:10:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Dan watched as the mechs walked away from their forces, heading single file back toward the George Washington bridge, a handful of their injured soldiers including Abe traveling with them. He sighed and turned back. Barely an hour in and their carefully scripted battle pl...
2020-07-22 00:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Durgh sentries died quickly. Brensen dropped from the ceiling of the great cavern on top of them, their bony claws ripping through the guards like a boulder through paper. Only their warbeasts, great chitin hovered hounds with fangs the size of Micah’s forearms, sur...
2020-07-21 02:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah sighed, taking in the collection of saplings that used to be the grove. Every dreg of temporal energy was siphoned from the old growth trees and into his collection of daemons. Dozens of Onkert milled about, snarling and whining at each other as ten Brensen lounged ...
2020-07-16 21:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
After the first brick was thrown, a hail of rocks, chairs, and other hard objects began crashing to the ground around Dan. The soldiers in powered armor simply ignored the projectiles, opting to return fire on the Orakh. A direct hit might stagger them or knock them off b...
2020-07-16 04:20:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Jo’s laughter filled the night as she ran out of the bar, a crumpled hat in her hand. Micah pursued her, trying to keep a smile from his face. Behind the two of them, three burly men and a sunburnt woman sprinted down the dark street, livid expressions on their faces. 2020-07-13 22:14:52 +0000 UTC View Post
The Viceroy rose overhead. Dan had finally found a soldier with the time affinity while awakening the rest of his forces. They’d dropped the woman off in Brazil with Abe while shuttling their forces back and forth and she’d ranked up once. It didn’t g...
2020-07-13 06:31:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The five Brensen flitted about the Decrepit Behemoth, digging their skeletal claws into dark red armor and ripping it off piece by piece. The gigantic monster tried to swipe at its assailants, but they easily hopped out of the clumsy monster’s way with a series of angry squaw...
2020-07-11 19:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post
“We’ve got ‘em on the run Dan,” William smiled, a manic glint in his eye. “Dennis Billings, Sharon Redding, and Edmund Adeleke all have reached out to us. They don’t trust us, but they absolutely hate each other. It sounds like they’re willing to fade ...
2020-07-10 02:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs an update/poll I wanted to tell you about my plans for the story/other goodies for you.
The story has done well enough that I do not plan on putting it on Kindle Unlimited (due to exclusivity rules). Instead, I plan on touching up the first two arcs to slow down the pacing/add to ...
The Onkert slammed one of the scale wolves against the dungeon wall. Micah lashed out with his spear, willing mana into it to make it wrap around the wolf on top of Will. The monster clawed and bit ineffectually at Will’s stone face and throat while the portly man screa...
2020-07-09 22:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time, Dan got the opportunity to watch the reaper drones launch from the Viceroy’s aft cargo bay while on the ground. He leaned back, enjoying the thrum of their turbines as they shook the roof below him before soaring toward Drummond’s forces. ...
2020-07-07 02:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah threw the reagents on the ground in frustration as the ritual fizzled once again, filling the air with an aurora of strange colors and smells before the circle burned itself out entirely. From the other end of the clearing, Telivern snorted at him.
“I’m sure thi...
2020-07-06 22:22:43 +0000 UTC View Post
“Come on Micah,” Trevor dragged him by his arm as Micah struggled weakly. “No one really cares that you’re sixteen. As long as you have attunement to spend and I vouch for you, I’ll be able to get you into the Lancer’s guild bar.”
“But,” Micah bega...
2020-07-05 14:48:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Summoning the second Brensen pushed Micah to his limit, but it turned leveling into a joke. Each Daemon was almost as powerful as Martin, a full Royal Knight, and fully capable of handling most of the dungeons around Basil’s Cove on its own. With the addition of the sec...
2020-07-03 02:57:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah wasn’t sure when turning sixteen and ‘revealing’ his supernatural powers to his family had lost its charm, but it no longer interested him. He suspected that an entire timeline of enslavement and suffering due to the rarity of his ‘gifts’ had something to do wit...
2020-07-02 05:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah touched the craggy bark of the old growth tree, his fingertips trailing across its rough and damp surface. Even without casting a spell he could feel its age, the gravity and presence behind the giant. Its branches spread out over a wide mossy glade, practically tou...
2020-07-02 05:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a book that you should not be reading. The knowledge contained within is dangerous and forbidden for good reason. Summoning Daemon’s from Elsewhere, while a potent art, cannot be done with any measure of exactitude. Even the most talented of ritualists...
2020-07-02 04:59:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah clutched his spear, squinting into the mist that spread out before him, unable to make out anything but vague and diffuse white light. Behind him, the door closed of its own accord with a click before promptly fading out of existence. He frowned slightly, but didn...
2020-07-02 04:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah’s air knife slipped under the shadow ogre’s guard, scoring the tough flesh of its torso. It bellowed its frustration at him, swinging a clawed hand at neck level. Micah brought his spear up, willing mana into it to wrap the weapon around the ogre’s fist. &n...
2020-07-02 04:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah gasped for breath as he tried to follow the galloping Onkert Daemon. He’d gotten close enough to the stag to wound it with an air knife, slashing open its leg and leaving a blood trail for the Daemon to follow, but his tiny body couldn’t keep up. The On...
2020-07-02 04:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Micah opened his eyes. He was thirteen for the third time. Rolling over, he buried his face in his pillow, and screamed out his frustration. Two years of biting his tongue and serving as a slave for the Golden Drakes and the Royal Knights was more than enough. ...
2020-07-02 04:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The spell worked. It took four tries for Micah to get the feel of the ritual and how it interacted with temporal transfer, but it worked. The one time Micah actively wanted a new spell to not live up to expectations, it performed flawlessly.
Gheb screamed a...
2020-07-02 04:54:33 +0000 UTC View Post
“And this will be your room Squire Silver,” the servant opened the door to a mid-sized room about twelve stories up in one of the towers. “You’ve been assigned to Ser Osswain for your apprenticeship. Squire Thrakos will be by soon with your first assignment.” 2020-07-02 04:53:26 +0000 UTC View Post
“Do you mean?” Micah glanced up at Brenden and Martin and motioned at the sacrificial knife. Bart shook, trying to free himself from his bonds as his eyes fixed on the knife.
“You could always just sit there pissing yourself like a scared puppy,” Brenden sneered b...
2020-07-02 04:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostJust as a note, starting on July 1 I will be implementing the 'pay on sign up' option. I usually don't like to do that, but I've had a rash of patreons signing up, reading advanced chapters and then signing off a day later.
It SHOULDN'T impact anyone already signed up, but if it does...
THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN
There appears to be a clear preference toward periodic chapters so that is the way we are heading.
My usual update schedule for Blessed Time (Mondays and Thursdays) will resume once I hit trending (which should be 7/3/20). I will post advanced chap...
Would you prefer that I release Blessed Time in PDF/EPUB arc by arc (and charge by the arc) or post a number of chapters ahead depending upon your patron level (monthly)?
2020-06-29 23:08:02 +0000 UTC View Post