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A Soldier's Life - 231 - (This was the original version), there is a Beta Edit and Final Edit as well based on readers feedback

Chapter 231:

My question hung in the air. “You look—different. I remember you—but I forgot your name,” Helena finally said.

“Really?” I said in disbelief. “Well, I guess we rarely talked, so it is understandable. I see you became a legionnaire.”

“And you became a Hound,” she said with some vitriol. “Are my companions dead?” Did she think I was gloating by talking to her?

I looked over at the other legionnaire. “No. Not yet. But th...

Soldier Book 2 Audible Book coming Aug 1st

So almost done with editing book 2. The edited version will be updated on Kindle soon and the paperback and hardcover will be available soon. The audio book for book 2 should be out on Aug 1st. I have twenty free handouts of the audio book but it is limited to regions. I have 10 for US/Canada and 10 for the UK. If you want a code when it comes out for the free download, post: 'ME' and indicate which region you are in. If there are more than 10 in a region, dont worry. After the audio book sel...

$0.99 Soliders Life Book 1 on Amazon

If you dont have Book 1 it has been added to Amazon Prime day for a short time for $0.99

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CV8MMBFT?ref_=dbs_m_mng_wim_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks&qid=1720962073&sr=8-1

A Soldier's Life - 230 - Old Acquaintances

Chapter 230: Old Acquaintances

Midmorning, freezing rain started to fall. At first, I was suspicious of the weather as I was tracking a water mage, but the compass pull indicated the target was still extremely far away. It was just bad luck. Fortunately, I had a large oiled cloak for me and a similar treated blanket for the mount. The terrible thing about the rain was that the noise of the icy drops hitting my hood took away one of my senses as I moved through the wild.

“You kno...

World Sphere - 190 - Sibling Support

Chapter 190

The array was much more complex than I had anticipated. Fortunately, the plans had minor artificed devices to help with the alignments. The most useful were paired compasses, which always pointed at each other. This was my first task, anchoring one of the compasses in the center of the palace where the control array would be placed. The second compass would be used to help me align the runic formations on the floors of the towers.

It took me two days studying the tomes...

A Soldiers Life - 229 - Home Is Where the Heart Is

Chapter 229: Home Is Where The Heart Is

The reality was settling in that I was alone. It felt odd, as there should be no other human within thirty miles of me. My new home was about a thousand feet up a rocky slope from the water. Only a few bare bushes dotted the path down the slope. Lines of white foamy waves crashed below, and a hint of cold salty air reached me.

Behind me was the dense forest where we had come from. I walked into the cave, pulsing earth speak to map the barely...

A Soldier's Life - 228 - Alone At Last

Chapter 228: Alone At Last

Five members of Castile’s company were mixed in with other unfamiliar legionnaires: Blaze, Mateo, Adrian, Lirkin, and Kolm. Adrian started laughing good-naturedly, “Look at our new Hound. All dressed up and ready to hunt the enemies of the Empire.” He approached, and we clasped wrists as equals. “Is Konstantin well?” he asked softly.

“The other pups needed a few more weeks of seasoning,” I smirked. He nodded, looking a little relieved....

Soldier 170 and 171 posted to book 3

Book 3 collection for Soldier now has 170 and 171 - Wednesday's release.

Working on World Sphere now, Incubus after that

A Soldier Life - 227 - For Shits and Giggles

Chapter 227: For Shits and Giggles

I waited while the fire burned—hoping those of the first floor roused. Would all my effort still result in needless deaths? Finally, screams erupted from the house, and five individuals rushed out. One was a guard, trying to pull on his leather jerkin while holding his belt with a sheathed sword in his other hand. 

A sixth servant finally exited, and they all watched in horror as the villa burned and alarms erupted through the city for wha...

Town Builder - 66 - Goatyah

Chapter 66 Goatyah

Fareth, the master cook at the inn, prepared a special feast for us focused on buffs for the expedition. She had been working on it all night, and the results were remarkable.

Alpha Plains Cat Steak with Mushroom Gravy, 20% health pool buff for 12 hours, 50% to all pool regeneration for 12 hours

Plains Buffalo Stew, 25% magic pool buff for 12 hours, 50% to all pool regeneration for 12 hours

You could only get the benefits of one dish at a time, but t...

Soldier - 226 - Conscientious Assassin

Chapter 226: The Conscientious Assassin

As Centurion Sergius described the town, where the merchant’s villa was located, and what the children and mother looked like, I just nodded. When he finally finished, he said sanctimoniously, “Make sure it is done by the time we leave in the morning.” He kicked his horse and headed into the small city. 

I remained where I was pretending to examine the city while my insides turned and my mind raced. I paused on seeing something un...

World Sphere - 189 - Monumental Task

Chapter 189

The Adventurers Guild transferred 100,000 gold to Remy after I signed the Myththorne contract. The Maelstrom would have to make exceptional speed to reach the city to get the daily bonus for starting early in a day and a half. The plot worked out, but we would not be able to stop, and the harmonized aether crystals would be slowly drained during the trip. I was also going to have to work with Rippon during the trip to complete the repairs to the Maelstrom.

“Can ...

A Soldier's Life - 225 - Dirty Deeds

Chapter 225: Dirty Deeds

Cornelius sifted through the papers, “Eryk Marco. Previously sentinel to Chancellor High Mage Zyna and, before that, a porter in Mage Castile’s Company.”

The unfit man took the sheet and narrowed his eyes as he read it. He started sucking his teeth loudly and annoyingly. He looked up, “How big is your box?”

I felt the familiar itching along my forearms that told me someone was using a discern truth spell on me. I made a box about fifteen in...

A Soldier's Life - 224 - Rat Problems (major edit 3-18-25, +1100 words)

Chapter 224: Rat Problems

I blended into the morning crowd and paced myself back to the barracks. I would have liked to spend the remainder of my day inside the dreamscape training and reading, but that would not be safe unless I rented a room elsewhere in the city again. Cato fell in step beside me, and I figured my indecision had taken me on the obvious route to the barracks, giving him a chance to catch up.

“If you are the first one back, you will be able to keep the blood co...

Soldier 167, 168 & 169 moved to book 3

Three chapters this week to celebrate Book 2s release on Amazon and the Fourth of July. I wish I could do a fifth for the Seraphim tier this week but I already took a day off last week and have family stuff on the Fourth. And they get chapter 224 soon. Enjoy these three chapters!

Only about 11 chapters left in book 3

https://www.patreon.com/collection/385643

A Soldiers Life - 223 - Blood Hunt

Chapter 223: Blood Hunt

Konstantin smiled as the room scrambled to prepare for training to resume. The gleam in his eye told me whatever was planned would not be fun. 

“I hope you all enjoyed your time off and followed the first rule of being a Hound.” Confusion around the room as everyone looked at each other for help. Konstantin resumed with an un-Konstantin-like smile. “The rule is that you should always be aware of your surroundings. I am sure you all walked the out...

An Incubus Life - 185 - Meeting My Blood Sister

too many tables. just the pdf this chapter

Soldier Book 2 Going to KU

When a book goes to Kindle Unlimited, I am only able to display the 10% of the book. The first seven final edited chapters of Book 2 are in the attached document. If you came here looking for book 2, send me a private message, and I will send you the beta readers copy of it.

Chapters 66 to 121 will be pulled from Patreon soon, on July 2nd. And by July Second - I mean I will start at midnight on July 1st.

A Soldier's Life - 222 - Deep Pockets

“What does that mean for us?” I asked.

“At most, six more weeks of training. Spring is eight weeks away. We have already cut the wilderness training in half; we will cut the city training in half as well. I expect Centurions Cornelius and Sergius to be here in a few weeks to review and select from the litter.”

Savino sat up, surprised at the news. “We haven’t completed the wild nocturnal training.”

“And you won’t,” Konstantin said harshly. “That is the ...

Soldier - World Affinty Suggestions

So, I am writing right now (Incubus and Soldier chapters on screen)—a mental break at the moment. I need suggestions for spell forms for the World Affinity for Soldier. This will probably come up in a future book. World Magic is extremely rare, and maybe I don't need 9 affinities. All I have brainstormed is:

Discordance (20) - identify other worlders

Map the Stars (50) - identify stars that have planets with abundant life

Bridge (90) - connect two worlds with a bridge

Book 2 on Amazon

Just a heads up, book 2 went to Amazon this morning as an ebook. On July 1st, it goes to Kindle Unlimited, meaning only the first 8 chapters will be posted here. The audiobook is slated for an August 1st release. If you bought the book already, Please leave a review. The first week reviews are always important for books on the platform.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CYMC235R

If you have kind...

A Soldier's Life - 221 - Aggrevations

Chapter 221: Aggravations

As I walked through the city of Sierra, I noted the people in the lower city were gaunt and distressed. Parents kept their children close, teenagers rushed about trying to make a few coins, and many adults stared blankly ahead as they went about their day bundled in their clothes to fend off the cold. It was not just the winter and hunger but the looming and inevitable war pressing down.

I checked behind me several times to see Savino following me. I...

Town Builder - 65 - Painting a Target

Chapter 65 Painting a Target

Danny texted me as she couldn’t call me since she was no longer in the city.

“What did you do?! Look at the forums!”

I went to the layer forums and groaned. The pre-release players were talking about the five plans I had put in the player auction.

-Who made these? I haven’t seen any building plans with bonuses!

-It has to be one of the hard-wired players still in the game. They were just posted a few hours ago.

-Bid all ...

World Sphere - 188 -

Chapter 188

The loot from the pirates was terribly artificed gear that would last maybe a decade or two—amateur work at best. There were half a dozen quality dungeon rings and a pair of dungeon blades mixed in. All of them were worth in the range of a thousand gold each. Unfortunately, I was not selling them and handed them to Leda, Tibault, and Neoma for coming along. Bleiz was already decked out in some of my best work, so he did not get a share but took a heavy gold necklace with b...

A Soldiers Life - 220 - Practical Training

Chapter 220: Practical Training

I lay in my cell, ogre skunked. Not as bad as Mateo had been in Macha, but persistent enough that it was irritating to my eyes in the small room. The tide was up, and the surf was crashing against the bluff below the window but not circulating the air. I made sure my door was secure before entering the dreamscape. I was going to spend a little longer inside than normal tonight. After adding to the library, I researched ogres in my bestiaries.

Everyt...

World Sphere - 187 -

Chapter 187

Leda confirmed, “It is the Crackling Sparrow. They have two forward aether cannons according to the bounty sheet.” She scanned the document. “These pirates have multiple mages on board too. Fire and ice magic is noted.”

I nodded that I heard. Bleiz asked, annoyed, “Are you going to jump over?”

“No, I am just going to try and get my lightning elemental inside their sphere,” I said as I started evasive maneuver...

A Soldiers Life - 219 - Cruel Fate

Chapter 219: Cruel Fate

It had been three weeks since I had been a rabbit for the first time. Since then, each pup had taken a turn, none as successful as I had been. Now, we had switched to tracking the Hounds as individuals to test our skills. I had drawn Hearne this morning.

The game had changed slightly as well. We were given our healing and stamina potions, and the prey was allowed to fight back within reason. Hearne was good with a bow, and I knew he was probably leading me ...

Soldier 165 and 166 moved to Book 3 collection

at the library edting. should be posting a World Sphere and Soldier 219 for Seraphim soon

A Soldiers Life - 218 - Rabbit Rabbit, Run!

Chapter 218: Run Rabbit, Run!

All the Hound trianers had been present at the archery lesson, so I knew none were hiding in the woods. As soon as I was out of sight of the others, I sent my bow, arrows, sword, and Hound pack into my space. The lighter I was, the faster I could move. If I remained free until sunset, I would be the winner. At least, that is what I assumed, as we always ended our hunts of the Hounds then, even if we didn’t find them.

We had spent the last few days t...

Once a day internet access

Trying to get away and focus on writing for a few days.

Just an FYI notification. I am at a cabin in the woods for five days and need to drive into town to upload chapters at the library. I will do that once a day and respond to messages at that time. So don’t think because I am not responding is because I am not reading messages.

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