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A Soldiers Life - 245 - Goliath's Creed

Chapter 245: Goliath's Creed

I started to help Maveith secure his homestead so we could depart and search for his sister in orc lands. Outside, Maveith was pulling down the stretched weasel pelts and relaying the battle of how he and Lyonis had hunted the two creatures down. “They were the young ones that had formed a mated pair and recently laired nearby. I didn’t want to worry about a litter of giant weasels in a few months, so we trapped one and killed the second...

Town Builder - 70 - Never Trust a Thief

Chapter 70:

My first project was to draft the NPC thieves guild. My reason was to have the plans in hand to barter with Sinful Echo if it came to it. I hoped I would never have to hand them over, but it would be best to have the ace ready now in case I needed it in seven days.

As I started, I asked myself what was an NPC thieves' guild. Should it be like my Rogues Gallery or something simpler? I grinned. I would draft plans that require a large amount of resources, re...

World Sphere - 193 -

Chapter 193:

“So, what did you find that you want in the auction?” I asked the two as I used the cleanliness spell on Kiara and me.

Aelyn retorted, “What did you find at the top of the super-secret reward chamber in the dungeon? You remember the one you wanted to do by yourself.”

I shook my head at her irritation. “Just a spell book. A powerful spell but Orion, the elf dungeon expert, thinks it is a warning that the dungeon entrance will move if th...

POV Vote for Soldiers Life Book 5

Not sure when the POV chapter will come but will close voting at end of August

Chapter 244: Raelia (Prologue for Book 5)

Chapter 244: Prologue

Raelia was prepared for the worst-case scenario. With her fate in legionnaire’s hands, anything was possible. She truly thought he would turn her over to his mage commander and she would become a prisoner of the Telhians. That was why she was surprised when she appeared in a dark forest in the light of a single glow stone held by the legionnaire. Eryk hadn’t betrayed her.

She slowly relaxed, not sensing any danger. Her breath clouded in front of her in th...

Soldier 179 & 180 moved to book 3 collection

you can now find chapters 179 and 180 in the book 3 collection

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Soldier: Book 5

Soldier Book 5 will begin soon for Seraphim subscribers. The last chapter (epilogue) of book 4 is still due as of 8/8/24, but it is an important chapter, so it may take more time, and I may post the first chapter of book 5 before I post that Emperor POV chapter. Seraphim supporters, look for the character POV poll for book 5, which is coming out soon. As with other polls it will 'pull' the story in that direction....you get it - poll : pull - well that is me trying to be punny

A Soldier's Life - 242 - Telling Maveith

Chapter 242: Telling Maveith

As soon as I was out of sight of the city of Sagren and surrounding farms, I moved off the road. It was a long way to Sobral, and I suspected anyone walking alone would be swept up by passing blocks of soldiers. Army camps required a lot of bodies to operate if they didn't shove a sword in my hand because of my limp, I could find doing other duties to support the army. I had my Hound token and Corvus’, but I didn’t want to announce my affiliation to anyo...

A Soldier's Life - 241 - The Saboteur (edited 4-3-25 +350 words)

an important chapter. will prbably do another read edit before publising. address most of the comments with edits

Chapter 241: The Saboteur

Corvus stared at me for a moment as the cat jumped up onto a shelf nearby and promptly knocked off one of the jars. The glass shattering on the sandstone floor echoed in the chamber, his head half-turned tracking it. “Your cat?” He asked was an amused smile, sounding annoyed but curious.

“The first time I ...

Town Builder - 69 - Spoiled Rich Kids

Chapter 69: Spoiled Rich Kids

“Why do you think I am the architect?” I asked calmly.

The angelic looked perplexed. “What? No, I was talking to the woman.” I turned to Danny, who looked stunned and, instead of playing along, burst into laughter.

Danny stopped laughing just long enough to mock him, “You guessed wrong.” I was getting the impression Danny did not have the best people skills.

The angelic frowned, and his partner walked over from the...

A Soldier's Life - 240 - The Archives (minor edit 8/4)

Chapter 240: The Archives

I remained leaning against the outer wall of the shrine to Juno for an hour. Loitering was normal in cities, and I made a show of being indecisive about entering the temple. Three more people came in to donate silver and request a blessing from the acolyte, but no one came up the secret stairs. With evening coming and rain likely, I headed for one of the two inns in the upper city. I passed on the Affable Lips for an inn called the Eagle’s Nest. I told the ke...

World Sphere - 192 - Mystery Prize

Chapter 192: Mystery Prize

The cyclops cave was deeper than the first one I had taken to the second level of the dungeon a month ago. Kiara and Adrial were at my side. I just wanted to check what the next level was like. The portal itself did not look unusual. Kiara asked through our bond, “Fight. More.”

I looked at the white feline and nodded uncertainly. “Yes, we are going to check and see if it is different than the last time,” I told the cat. I entered...

A Soldier's Life - 239 - Sherlocking

Chapter 239: Sherlocking

I passed many farms that were starting their spring planting and didn’t receive many curious looks. The road from Vartaholme that I was on was probably well traveled. Ogala, like many cities in the Telhian Empire, had its own personality from once being part of a kingdom that the First Legion had conquered. As I approached, Ogala was much larger than I would have guessed. A long swath of houses dotted the landscape outside the city walls.

These peop...

A Soldier Life 177 & 178 moved to book 3 collection

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A Soldier's Life - 238 - Follow the Trail

Chapter 238: Following The Trail

I was heading northwest and knew this was some of the wildest parts of the Telhian Empire. Large swaths of land the Empire claimed but had no presence in. There were no roads for hundreds of miles and I was unsure where the blood compass was taking me. The weather remained humid as I jogged at a steady pace pulsing earth speak infrequently.

After a full day of distancing myself from the orc invasion, I relaxed from my paranoia of being pursued...

A Soldier's Life - 237 - AWOL

Chapter 237: AWOL

Where there was one Pathfinder, there was guaranteed to be more. The entrance to my artificial cave would take a lot of work to find. I had dropped the clean-cut stone in the water and been cautious walking around the boulder to avoid leaving signs of my passing. That didn’t mean a lot if they had tracking magic, and my heart rate accelerated. The first Pathfinder climbed the boulder. I told myself it was the best viewpoint on this stretch of shoreline, so his action...

A Soldier's Life - 236 - Crossroads

Chapter 236: Crossroads

As Corvus prepared to leave, he left me his bow, quiver, and most of his gear. I tried to refuse but he insisted. “You need it more than me. I know where there is a Hound cache about a hundred miles from here, Eryk, take it and stop complaining. I will be fine,” he said with an affable smile.

“There are caches?” I asked, confused as they were not part of the training.

He studied me for a moment and then nodded in confirmation. “Just in the W...

Town Builder - 68 - The Quest System

Chapter 68: The Quest System

Simba looked impressive as he flexed his new humanoid frame. I had selected him a catkin body with tiger coloring. His head was a little larger on his body than most catkin in Malcum, but he looked fearsome and no longer cute, with dangerous fangs appearing when he talked. His speech had a deep, throaty, almost growl to it. “Tallis, level 39? Really? I am disappointed in you. What have you been doing with all your time?” His disappointme...

A Soldier Life - 235 - Muddied Waters

...So Aesop's Name has been changed to Corvus - meaning crow. I had been wanting to change it for a while, chapters from here foward and in the publication will have it as Corvus....

Chapter 235: Muddied Waters

We moved west before circling south to avoid the Pathfinders. Corvus was talkative for a Hound as he remained a few steps behind me. “Noticed your accent. Where are you from?”

“A small village in the far south of Tsinga,” I replied caut...

World Sphere - 191 - Just What I Needed

Chapter 191: Just What I Needed

For the next seven days, I spent most of each day finishing one of the towers and four hours on the first-floor dungeon with my sister and companions. Talking to Selin in Skyholme over the week, I learned the Maven Seekers Guild had arrived but were frustrated in finding the Shifter. The team consisted of four gold and one platinum adventurer. Loriel was going to pay their fee only if they found and eliminated the Shifter. So far, th...

Soldier 174, 175 and 176 moved to Book 3 collection

Just finished the edits on these two chapters and yes I am still writing World Sphere Chapter 191. Should finish up after getting back from Walmart

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A Soldier's Life - 234 - Threads of Hope

Chapter 234: Threads of Hope

I watched impassively with the cold, salty breeze blowing over me as the goliaths scrambled up the ridge. The Pathfinder on the beach was definitely dead, his body twisted, so I had no reason to descend. The goliaths could not see well in the dark, so I moved to intercept them on their likely path of ascent. I was curious and hoped to question them for a little information. 

As they got closer, I could see a large anklet on each of them, clicking ...

An Incubus Life Update 7/23/24

Tonight, I plan to post both a World Sphere chapter and A Soldier Chapter for Seraphim. I just finished 8 hours of audio editing and have a half-chapter written for both so I hope to post one in a few hours and then the other a few hours later.

So - An Incubus Life Update: There are only about three chapters left for book 2 of this story. As fans of the story may have noticed, I have struggled with writing the recent chapters. Just 4 in the last two months.

T...

Fan Fiction Contest

Hardcover copies of book 1 and 2 are in and pictured below. Winner gets copies of both!

So, you want to be a writer? I still don't consider myself such, but I wanted to give you a crack at it! If I can do it (I did not get very good grades in English in high school) - so can you!

This fan fiction has a reward of hardcover copies of books 1 and 2. Submissions will be made on Discord for the fan fiction contest.

Submissions should be between 2500 and ...

A Soldiers Life - 233 - What is Honor?

Chapter 233: What Is Honor?

The Pathfinders didn’t come immediately, and I assumed the others had taken longer to climb up from the beach. That or they were not coming at all. I retreated to a defensible Y tree formation and pulled out my bow and quiver. The paralytic arrows were probably best for the encounter, but I only had three remaining.

Every moment allowed me to recover more aether for air shields and earth speak, but I was not going to be able to get enough aether ...

A Soldier's Life - 232 - No Rest for the Wicked

Chapter 232: No Rest For The Wicked

The creature’s mandibles helped its grotesque maw slurp up Rusty’s viscera. With the creature standing at over ten feet and almost as wide, I was not going to be able to move a large volume. My dimensional space was crowded, so I settled on a decent sized mass, targeting the head, and getting its brain.

Its clawed arm reached down and pulled up an intestine, pulling it into its mouth, pulling it inside like slurping spaghetti. I couldn�...

A Soldiers Life - 231 - The Right Call?

Chapter 231: The Right Call?

My question hung in the air. “Your voice sounds familiar. I remember you—but I forgot your name,” Helena finally said with trepidation.

“Really?” I said in disbelief, a little hurt echoing in my voice. “Well, I guess I was the one who was always talking, so it is understandable. I see you became a legionnaire like you wanted.”

“And you became a Hound,” she said with some vitriol. “Are my companions dead?” Did she think ...

Town Builder - 67 - A Man and His Coin Are Soon Parted

Chapter 67:

Danny’s people arrived from Malcum and started to work in her new town. I worked with my builders on the buildings for her new town until the auction for the plans finished. We built a second tower and town hall and started work on the Adventurer’s Hall. It was her town and this was the order she wanted the buildings built. When my interface signaled the auction closed, I left Goatyah to return to Malcum, which was a few miles away.

Entering my small p...

A Soldier's Life - 231 Beta Edit -

So I listened to the comments and did a rewrite of 231 below. Note that instead of knocking the legionnaire out in chapter 230, his blow would have cut the neck. I havent changed that but will get impressions for this edit first.

Chapter 231:

 My question hung in the air. “Your voice sounds familiar. I remember you—but I forgot your name,” Helena finally said with trepidation.

“Really?” I said in disbelief, a little hurt echoing in my voice. “Well, I guess I...

Soldier 172 and 173 moved to Book 3 Collection

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I spent the last 2 days finishing the edits for book 2. It has been updated on kindle so I think you can redownload with the edits. I missed some deadlines with other stories but I will pick up tomorrow with a Town Builder chapter.

Amazon will have the paperback and hard cover of book 2 for sale soon now that the edits are done. The cover is below...