Character Art Just for You (+ book/audio news)

Noodles has landed! This art was done by the talented Scaliepunk, especially for Patreon patrons. Working out monster design is a intense collaborative process, especially when that creature is a somewhat original one like the Reaper Nemesis.

Noodles is basically an omni-directional murder machine. Just look at his smug little face.

May was an incredibly busy month for me, and I confess I didn't get much writing done. I had my second vaccine, attended my final immigration interview, passed, got my green card, and had about three other necessary appointments every week for the entire month. We're about 1/3rd of the way into Brute Force #1, which I stopped posting because it needs heavy revision. I've also started Archemi #6, and have decided on the book's final title: Crowned in Black.

War on the horizon. The king, captured. After the defeat of Vlachia's armies and the abduction of its monarch, Hector Park, his queen dragon Karalti, and their companions are all that stand between the world of Archemi and the dreaded Void Dragons.

The time has come for Hector and Karalti to take the fight to their enemies. For the sake of the virtual world they now call home, they must face the allies of the Void and destroy them.

Are they ready? 

They must be.

Join Hector and his companions as they ascend to new heights in Crowned in Black, the sixth volume of the Archemi Online Chronicles.

I'm not wholly committed to this blurb just yet, but it has that dramatic Hollywood kind of feel to it. We'll see. The creative process is an evolution of ideas.

Good news for audio fans! Justin Thomas James has started recording Spear of Destiny as of yesterday. He is going to be recording a great deal of the book live on the Soundbooth Theatre Discord, so if you're not already a member of their server, click here to join and you'll be able to listen to Justin's dulcet voice as he reads the novel aloud.