For those who love the audio portion of the story, Johnathan does a banger of a job on this book! it's live and I hope you enjoy it!
https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Boundaries-Ultimate-Level-Book/dp/B0DJCJRY11/
2024-10-29 11:28:43 +0000 UTC View Post7 - Third Time’s the Charm
[ Welcome to the Tutorial Zone, Challenger! Would you like to learn more about how the Tutorial Zone works? ]
[ Yes ] [ No ]
“Fuck!” I shout.
It wasn’t checking on its friend. It was acquiring a weapon. How did it even swing it around so fast? Those ogres had to weigh at least a half ton.
[ Looks like someone got a little ogre-confident :D ] 2024-10-29 11:27:27 +0000 UTC View Post
4 - The Tutorial’s Tutorial
[ Welcome to the Tutorial Zone, Challenger! Would you like to learn more about how the Tutorial Zone works? ]
[ Yes ] [ No ]
Yes.
[ The Tutorial Zone is an extradimensional space containing 100 modular sections, known as “Floors” set up in order to give the Challenger progressively harder trials so that they may learn how to use their abilities. ]
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2024-10-29 11:25:16 +0000 UTC View PostGot a friend who is wanting some feedback and eventually we're doing a Collab on a choose your own adventure (readers get to pick each direction each week). In the mean time, he's getting ready to launch later this year on Royal Road and wanted some feedback. Dropping 20k words for ya all. in 3 x 3 chapter blocks. If you would - feedback would be great!
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1 - Please, Do Not Panic
“Why?!” I demand.
I’ve been working on this stupid algorithm for months, and e...
2024-10-29 11:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostNothing about the river looked safe.
The water moved quickly, a branch having been the test object, currents underneath sweeping it the moment it hit the water.
Max could sense creatures underneath the surface, some that had turned toward him as he approached the bank near the trees.
The river twisted and turned through the jungle, and he couldn’t see more than a quarter mile before it vanished around a bend. Even then the river was only about three hundred yards wide.
... 2024-10-28 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSorry - Chapter should have come out yesterday - Feeling better finally (Darn stomach bug)
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Einar didn’t break Ragna’s gaze as the rune caster continued to sit there in silence on the other side of the fire, staring at him. For over ten minutes the man had been quiet, rubbing all of his limbs.
“It appears the luck of the gods may be on our side,” Bartia stated as she came back from the wagons. “All the howling and noises stop at the treeline. N...
2024-10-26 15:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 279
Two days of nonstop fighting had him exhausted, and yet Max looked down at the newest corpse beneath him.
Five ants the size of house had come up from a hole he encountered in the forest. Their bodies lay broken, legs torn off, antennas still twitching. Pools of purple blood were being absorbed by the dirt at a rapid pace, the hungry jungle always collecting whatever was offered.
Screeching came from the last one alive, its body scuffing up the soft ground near t...
2024-10-25 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostEinar felt a different kind of power flowing through him as his wyrd burnt with a purpose.
In all his life love had been such a hard thing to be open to, knowing the dangers of how one would feel if the ones he cared about got hurt. Now, seeing Avitue standing there, blood on one of her arms flung out in a spray as her spear whipped around to catch one of the krakus that had attacked her friend drove him to help her.
Everything Bartia had told him about how...
2024-10-24 17:18:14 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, all 4 kids and myself have/had the stomach bug.
Slogging through the process of keeping everyone moving. I'm working on finishing up the last touches and hope to have it out around lunch time for me.
Just wanted to give you all a heads up as a few had msged and asked!
2024-10-24 13:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 278
Another roar came as a shape appeared through the trees.
Max saw the head first, reaching forward as its body shoulder-checked smaller trees, ripping them from the ground.
A dinosaur?
He knew the creature from the stories of ancient times, and this one looked like one of the apex predators in the books they had studied as kids.
Thirty-plus feet of solid muscle and thick hide was barreling toward him, a gaping maw filled with teeth as two larg...
2024-10-24 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSorry it's late - didn't get edits done and just got a chance to sit down and post!
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“The trolls, as you call them, aren’t like your trolls,” she informed him. “In our mines, they are at usually under eleven feet tall and the rare one might be twelve feet. We build our tunnels to be about fifteen feet in height, and you might be surprised by how difficult fighting in them can be when your weapon hits the ceiling.”
Nodding, Einar listened as she ...
2024-10-23 16:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 277
The empty floor that had separated them was still there, and his captor had that same grin as before. Like a wild animal coming to devour an animal, stuck in a bush or unable to move.
His silver eyes were locked on Max, sparkling as he drew close.
“Tell me, Max. Do you want to play a game?”
As he started to open his mouth, a thin stone band gagged him.
Tsking his tongue, the silver eyed man shook his head.
“Wait… just wait. I’m only go...
2024-10-23 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSorry its been a week...
Youngest son has a stomach bug and other kids have apparently caught it now as well.
To say it's been a little 'messy' is a kind way to describe it.
Book 6 of Ul1 is completely uploaded. Last chapter hits 12/25.
Viking - I got a few more chapters but have been really hammered on the writing due to kids. Need to do some edits as well. I'll get those going as soon as I can sit down (and wash my hands for the 100th time). 2024-10-22 19:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 276
The two purple, grape-colored portals sandwiched him, and before he could take a breath, Max found himself standing on a four-by-four-foot platform.
His eyes focused almost immediately, and glancing around, he saw a pool of lava that stretched for over a hundred yards in every direction. He was in some dome, carved out inside a mountainside from the way the rocks looked, and off to his left was a small ledge with a single door.
“Let’s see what you can d...
2024-10-22 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re coming,” Avitue said as the three packs stared across the darkness at the fires that were burning.
“Only took a second night,” Bartia replied. “Still, are we certain we want to go out there? There are at least fifteen that I can see. If this continues…”
Everyone could sense the danger that was out there, based on the number of gobrauds that had continued to come, the few that were injured and squealing as they bled from the wooden spikes that had man...
2024-10-22 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 275
We have been caught. Calm yourself—do not react!
Everything inside Max yearned to go wild. His weapon was poised, ready to lash out against the wall in a desperate attempt to free himself from this prison.
Max’s heart began to race, and feelings he hadn’t had since this entire adventure started began to bloom once more.
This is not the wagon! You are not the same boy! Now breathe. Slowly. In and out. We shall get through this....
2024-10-21 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post“It would appear that Drifa is correct. There are two giants out here,” Hogni informed the gathered circle of Vikings.
“Bah, you men, why do you doubt what I say? It is easy to see the different gait and path the giant took. Even if it is a few days old, there are at least two out here.”
“Why do you say at least?” Vidar asked.
“Look over there,” the shield maiden pointed as she moved a few yards away to where she had driven some sticks into ...
2024-10-21 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
First thank you to so many who sent messages and posted after my update and having to take a break on one series so I can keep one thing going. Still super busy but I'm way less stressed about it now.
That said - The moment that many of my Ultimate Level 1 Fans have been waiting for has arrived.
I need a bunch of dwarven names ;)
If you want, toss 4-5 names each but specify if they are male or female.
Just know - Someo...
2024-10-18 13:23:49 +0000 UTC View Post“That smells awful,” Osvif declared as he pinched his nose.
“It’s good practice for you,” Ragna replied, snapping his fingers at the younger Viking. “Now get back to work, and don’t stop until I’m certain you’re out of wyrd.”
Grumbling, the newest user of fire moved back into his position, raised both hands, and focused on sending another jet of flames upon the chunks of flesh that had been hauled off to the edge of the pass.
“Makes me glad I’m a wind...
2024-10-18 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post[ A boon has been granted by Odin. ]
[ Your attacks are more likely to be successful. There is a higher chance of causing more damage with strikes. ]
[ A boon has been granted by Thor. ]
[ By facing that which is greater than you, your damage done to creatures at least twice your size has been increased. ]
[ A boon has been granted by Tyr. ]
[ Recognizing that not all fig...
2024-10-17 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Man the ballista! You ten protect its front! Setup for the flank!”
Einar shouted as men and women raced into position, preparing for the giant that the scouts had reported was coming toward them.
“Two-thirds the way through the pass,” Osvif muttered. “We almost made it.”
“Now is when we see if everything works,” Einar replied. “Is that harpoon ready?”
“It is, but we’ll only get maybe four more chances to use the poison if it works. Rememb...
2024-10-16 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone.
Its been a crazy bit of time and I always try to keep everyone updated and abreast of anything that impacts my writing.
2022 my dad passed and I moved my mom closer to me. She has been doing progressively worse on her own even with me visiting, driving, taking to appt and more as she is by herself in an apartment place.
So we made the decision to move her in with us. Doctor even says she needs the help and so I’m in the wee...
2024-10-15 21:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post“You could have easily killed me, couldn’t you?”
Einar nodded from his horse, looking up at the dwarf that rode beside him.
Her mare was three feet taller and hundreds of pounds heavier than his stallion.
“But if I had done that, then not only would Avitue be upset at me, I’d have to find someone else Scrombles is happy to be rid of.”
Laughter came from both women as they rode toward the pass that would take them into the heart of the Nidavellir...
2024-10-15 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Monday and for those of you who follow UL1, I will apologize...
Yes that ending is a bit of a cliff, but book six was one I couldn't wait to write! There is a lot in it that sets the stages for things to come and all I'll say is when book 6 ends and book 7 starts, so many questions and answers will be floating around, I may have to host a Q&A session ;)
Just 7 days, and then the fun starts again.
Viking
Book 3 is hopefu...
2024-10-14 13:14:04 +0000 UTC View PostSix Vikings were bent over the map that the dwarf had just given them, each frowning slightly as they studied it.
“This is to scale?” Osvif asked.
“Measured in dwarven feet!”
“I’m guessing there is a conversion for that,” muttered their tactician. “Still, the distance then is more extensive than we had anticipated. And this section here?”
Looking over the Vikings, Scrombles saw where Osvif was pointing and snickered.
“That is the mountain entr...
2024-10-14 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Few tweaks left but sharing what is coming :)
2024-10-12 21:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post“So tell me, Einar,” Scrombles said as he sat down in a chair that fit his massive frame near the roaring hearth. How is it you have so much knowledge of my people?”
Shifting in the chair, he didn’t fit in, feeling like some toddler sitting on their father's chair. All Einar could do was smile.
“I have a friend, someone far older and much crazier, who spent a lot of time dealing with dwarves in the past. He and Maroum were friends.”
Both bushy eyebrows beca...
2024-10-11 13:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostAll the warriors cheered as Einar threw Thorodd to the ground, sending the larger and older Viking to his back like so many of the others.
“Blast Odin and whatever rune you have,” the giant said between pants. “How you can overpower me like that… even when I have eight runes.”
“It’s not just strength. You’re depending too much on your size and power. I’m barely using most of my real potential and using yours against you.”
Dirt and sweat-covered warr...
2024-10-10 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe servant who had been shifting side to side stumbled backward, lifting the pitcher and drinking as fast as he could.
Vikings swarmed around him, weapons being drawn as the other men and women inside the tent dropped to their knees, pointing at the band on their arms.
“Mine!” “Jepi shouted as he moved to where a woman was on the ground, eyes locked on him.
“Same!” Vidar called out as he raced toward a servant who had two guards with axes pointed at the man.
Hail, gather close, and hear my cry,
Of Einar bold who touched the sky.
With ten fierce warriors by his side,
They faced the beasts no man could ride.
Leuca Angos, serpent-birds of dread,
Two houses wide, their wings outspread.
Scales of iron, hard as stone,
Their cries could freeze the very bone.
Upon the stormy sky they soared,
Like death itself with talons bored.
But Einar stood, with heart of steel,
And raised his spear, with fu...