Before the Silent Scream.
“A cigar?” the policeman asked Rockwell, tipping his blue hat upward with a suspicious gaze. His badge read McNaulty.
Rockwell said nothing. It was a leading question, even if it was just clarification. The officer wanted further explanation. He would receive none.
“I’m just a little confused as to how a cigar gets tossed at the front door,” Officer McNaulty said, looking at the scorched marks surrounding and ...
2025-07-02 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Spell it out for me one more time?”
“Chanter, for the last time, don’t yell!” Flo snapped on the back of the moped.
“I’m speaking normally!” Chanter shot back, shaking the moped by the force of his voice.
“Fine, then just lower your voice to a whisper. We’re going to resolve a conflict at Hammerton Regional Park. One of their playgrounds, or something,” Flo explained.
“We’re going to break up a couple of kids? Where ar...
2025-06-30 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Sami looked up with a light smile, pleased that he wasn’t being dismissed. Without hesitation, he took a drink from his water and jogged to catch up with her. She scanned a door with a key card and stepped through, not checking if Sami was following.
They passed a few empty rooms, but Sami stopped when he saw one room was occupied. There was a couch and a young woman oozing off of it, like she had been lying in it all day. Her eyes focused on the brightly colored cartoon charac...
2025-06-27 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Sami normally wasn’t one to shy away from volunteering, but wasn’t feeling very confident in his physical abilities. His Shadow Hand was the only physical power he had, and the grade system only seemed to go as low as “Grade F” for leaving a dent in the clay dummy. What if he wasn’t able to leave a dent at all? Was there a Grade lower than F? Did it mean he wouldn’t be accepted into HUE?
“If no one volunteers, Naomi’s going to pick you at random,” Apex told the row of ...
2025-06-25 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hannah patrolled Hammerton’s district of Indus with her partner, never walking slow enough to invite conversation. Magnus was powerful, but he wasn’t trustworthy. He seemed to act entirely separate from the way he spoke. Sometimes even his power would contradict himself. But she begrudgingly brought him along, knowing her work wouldn’t attract many other members of HUE. Her patrols weren’t flashy, and they wouldn’t do well to give someone a public image. At best, they were dangerous...
2025-06-23 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Sami glanced around the plain entryway as he entered the Hero Unification Entity building. Windows were high and brightened the room, which was articulated with green plants hanging from the ceiling to give the otherwise gray room some color. The faint scent of greenery mixed with what Sami would have described as “warehouse stink,” a cold, rusty stench of old metals that had scraped against one another. Two secretaries looked up as Sami approached, one a young man and the other a woman o...
2025-06-23 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Present Day
“I don’t understand why you’re so keen on this show, Ma,” Pinn said, shuffling forward in the dim, crowded hall.
“Oh, come off it,” Serena said, tapping the side of her glasses. “You wouldn’t be doing anything else. If you’re not gonna join up with HUE, you might as well join us.”
“I’m not opposed to spending time with you, Ma. A magic show just feels…”
“Beneath us,” Rockwell concluded the sentence, scratching ...
2025-06-23 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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12 years ago
Pinn stumbled through the door of his home, the events of the evening running through his mind in a blur. Immediately, he found his mother, Serena, standing in his way with arms crossed. Long brown hair hung frazzled over her face and she blew it out from in front of her glasses. Her lips curved down over her small chin, adding lines to her otherwise smooth face. Pinn realized just how late he must have been because she had dressed up in her work shirt and overalls...
2025-06-23 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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(This Is A Robbery)
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Present Day
Sami strode down the sidewalk, stuck with an excited grin on his face. Lightcrown! Sami never would have recognized him without his Power Sense ability. The public had never seen Lightcrown’s face before, and now Sami had it etched into his memory.
Some old guy that liked French Toast.
Incredible.
2025-06-23 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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12 Years Before Sami Met Pinn
Pinn was anything but a young man of routine. Deliberately, he would take a different way home every day to maximize the amount of novel experiences he could have in the city of Hammerton. Corners of the city shouldn’t be hidden from him. They had just moved in and Pinn was making as much mental map as humanly possibly in a few weeks time. Familiarity came to him from playgrounds, parks, street lights; even the cracks in the pave...
2025-06-23 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Twelve Years Later - Present Day
The most powerful man alive just wanted to have breakfast in peace.
Utensils clinked around the small diner as Pinn chewed slowly on his French toast, exploring the taste with a sense of irritation. He’d consumed the same breakfast every day for months, but he never tired of the routine, always saving the sliced strawberry for last. It usually brought him a sense of calm and muted satisfaction to carry him through the day, but toda...
2025-06-23 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello! Gonna hit the ground running with "real" chapters tomorrow and then ease up to what I expect to be a light release schedule of at least 2 a week, Mon + Friday. Hopefully more frequent, but my schedule is all over so I can only guarantee two a week. Book 01 will be a thicker book, with what looks like it'll end up with 70+ chapters if all goes well. Hope you enjoy!
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Blurb:
A fallen legend. A hopeful recruit. A city overflowing with power
S...
2025-06-22 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, remember when I said "Patreon Supporters Will Get The Audiobook As Soon As It's Available." I didn't say you would get it if we reached the goal (sadly, we didn't), I said you'd get it when it's available.
And hey, it's available! Attached is the professionally narrated book 1 in a zip file. I'm happy to continue providing these files to Patreon at no special cost as long as I'm able.
Enjoy! (And let me know if you have any issues with the files)
N.T. La...
2025-06-16 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Last book. Last afterword. For this series anyway. After everything we’ve been through, thanks for being here.
Thanks for reading The Homeseeker Book 5: Ascendance and Acceptance. If I were to describe the feeling surrounding this book, I would call it “climactic.” Nold is introduced in book one as a passing cameo, but he was always the big bad from the beginning. Aside from the five stages of grief.
Five books with no delays! I’m honestly...
2025-06-14 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
Once again, thank you for reading The Homeseeker! Love to have a full series complete like that, just over 500,000 words.
So, what comes next? Naturally, a whole new series! The Hero Unification Entity will start releasing on Patreon in TWO weeks (that's right, taking a longer break than usual!)
It's a much more lighthearted story than the Homeseeker in that it's no longer following a protagonist deep in depression, but it's got themes of responsibil...
2025-06-04 17:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Asher went inside to put on some clothes and collect his car keys from inside. Zalan patted down the remaining dust on his waist and thighs and then stopped, seeing something on the ground gleam at him slightly. It was a single, green ring jutting out of the small pile of disintegrated Artifact. Evidently, one Ring of Range had survived the journey. Not that it would help him in his own world, but he was grateful to have a keepsake. He slipped it on his pinky finger.
Asher came out with...
2025-06-04 16:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Zalan and all of his allies quickly backed away from the incoming Elementals lowering themselves around Morloch.
“No!” Morloch pulled aggressively on the binds. “No, leave me be! I was Ascended! I could do anything!”
A Wind Elemental reached a hand over him, its robes made of a mix of clouds and miniature tornadoes spinning through its form. A Storm Elemental came next, lightning zipping through its robes as it latched its arms around Morloch. Zalan and his friends m...
2025-06-02 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Rep cringed as Morloch came down with a heavy hand, striking his chest with all his might. Rep winced reflexively, holding his breath. A moment later, he cracked open an eye, looking confused and mostly unharmed. Morloch blinked in shock, then slammed his fist against him again, this time grunting with effort. For a second time, Rep looked like he didn’t feel much pain. Utterly bewildered, Rep grabbed the leg Morloch planted on him and threw it off, causing Morloch to fly back three feet an...
2025-05-30 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Rep held a defensive arm ahead of Yelsa as she fired arrows of pure energy from her Brightburst Bow, one after the other. With tiny movements, Morloch weaved around them with ease. He exuded a casual energy, like going on a pleasant stroll. Occasionally, he would have to move his arm in front of his face to redirect incoming attacks from Rep, swatting them aside effortlessly. He began to move toward Rep and Yelsa.
Zalan dragged himself across the ground, groaning with torment anyt...
2025-05-28 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Dimak threw a slab of Elemental Earth above them to defend against Morloch’s lightning, but the bolt twisted around the earth and landed squarely in Dimak’s heart. The Elemental Earth user bellowed in pain and fell back clutching his chest tightly. His body twitched involuntarily on the ground as he writhed in pain.
“I could never start a heart with this Element,” Morloch told Zalan. “But I may have managed to stop one with this.”
He jumped high in the air as eight dif...
2025-05-26 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Yelsa took an oblong route to the center of the floating city. Avoiding all the prying eyes she could, it was clear she knew the city like the back of her hand. At one point she peeked her head around a corner and signaled everyone to stay back. Stepping out of cover, she exchanged pleasantries with someone and waited for them to leave, then they were on their way. Zalan hated the slow speed at which they moved, wanting to be fighting Morloch already. Additionally, he wished he had spent more...
2025-05-23 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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When Zalan and his friends made it downstairs, there were cups of tea placed on all surfaces for them to take. There wasn’t much room in the home, so chairs and countertops alike were utilized for each of the beverages. Blinking, Zalan realized he smelled their pleasant aroma before he saw them. The scent was of jasmine tea and he held a cup under his nose, basking in the aroma for a moment before taking a sip. He was surprised by how delicious it was, subconsciously assuming the Aetherian ...
2025-05-21 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Yelsa slid down the side of the building as though she had done it hundreds of times before. Running one house down the line, she very slowly pushed the front door open, beckoning to Zalan and his friends urgently.
“Who is that?” Enzo asked, nervous.
“She’s a friend, come on,” Zalan said, rushing ahead.
“How could you have possibly made friends on Aetheria?” Moss asked, following closely behind.
Yelsa kept a finger pinned to her li...
2025-05-19 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Zalan led the way between the outskirts of Aetheria, trying to mess with a small ball of light in his palms, stretching it to a thin line as he moved. Rep glanced at Zalan’s Elemental Light tests, looking around urgently.
“What are you doing?” Rep asked. “You are giving off our location by casting odd shadows in the area.”
“I’m trying to bend the light. I might be able to make us invisible if light doesn’t touch us,” Zalan said, frustrated at his inability ...
2025-05-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Zalan stared in bafflement, never having expected Aetheria to come right to them. He imagined he and his friends would take shifts staying away in the sky for days, watching every passing cloud until they happened to come upon it again. Furthermore, he didn’t know if Aetheria stuck to a fixed path or if it changed day to day. It made his next step painfully clear. But he already dreaded it.
“It’s here. That means we’re going,” Zalan said.
“Right now?” Magnolia ...
2025-05-14 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Zalan’s eyes stung from the wind rushing by him, the freefall at a dangerously fast speed. Never before in his life did he think he would reach terminal velocity. He knew he wasn’t nearly high enough to reach that speed, but even the speed he was currently falling was overstimulating every fear response in his body. Worse yet, he realized that the Elemental Dragon was too vertical for him and Rep to land directly onto its back. Rep stuck out his sword, imbued with wind-whipped flames, and...
2025-05-12 16:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello!
You may have seen a new Kickstarter go up: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ntlazer/the-homeseeker-audiobook-a-litrpg-action-adventure
If you're a paying Patreon member, you get the Audiobook, don't feel the need to back it. Hopefully I'll be able to post it here as a large zip file once it's ready.
If you want physical copies...
2025-05-11 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The Elemental Dragon raced in, coming in from above and opening its grotesque maw as its eyes danced in a kaleidoscope of colors.
“Attack!” Dimak said.
“How?” Enzo asked, Elemental Water hovering ahead of his arms. “It is so far! And flying so fast!”
“Gorb, move us out of the way of its first attack!” Zalan demanded.
“On it,” Gorb said.
A huge burst of wind manifested from the side, shoving the hot air balloon in one di...
2025-05-09 16:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Slauson and Moss looked to Zalan in shock, where Gorb looked excited at the proposition.
“Take on the dragon ourselves! A bold strategy. It would never suspect we have a means of flight!” Gorb said. “Moss, how much of the balloon can you make?”
“I am at my limit, Gorb,” Moss said.
“Gorbonifus,” Gorb corrected him.
“Whatever your name is, I can not do it,” Moss said.
“Do not fret, son, I am still here for you,” Opal said.&...
2025-05-07 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Less than five minutes later, Gorb was using his Elemental Power to call out to the entire town, one arm to his mouth while the other hung bleeding to one side.
“People of Wollstone! The Grimfang threat has been vanquished. There are no more monsters on the ground. But do not let down your guards. The Elemental Dragon continues its onslaught, especially when we are least expecting it. It seems to know what areas are lacking in defense and targeting those areas specifically. Do n...
2025-05-05 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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