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Broker -CH13-

Eventually, someone came to check the interview rooms.

Alex was feeling feisty and paranoid. He didn’t trust the people claiming to be the royal guard, even if it was them, and refused to remove the barricade.

He’d told them directly, that it would only be pulled down if his own personal guard showed up.

They’d been resistant so far to his demands. Alex simply refused to budge.

He imagined the panic and problem was the getting worse outside. That a cr...

Broker -CH12-

Alex, Carla, and Anna quickly melded into the group. Carla drifted back behind him, and a glance behind himself revealed that she was standing directly on his heels.

Probably trying to watch my back.

Thanks, Two. Need to make sure your collar is especially pretty.

Apparently there timing had been pretty on point with deciding to join the crowd. Numbers of men with swords and hoods stormed into each interview room, quickly pulling all the occupan...

Broker -CH11-

Alex wandered into the large banquet hall with attached private rooms.

It was perfect for the ball they were hosting for him. This time around they’d invited a number of other bachelors to draw in more women.

After all, if you were already interviewing for one man, why not several?

Alex had no doubt he was the top selling ticket here, but who knew, maybe someone would show up who he didn’t expect.

On top of that, tonight was a new set of women to go on ...

Broker -CH10-

“Yes. I am sure,” Holly said, her pale shoulders straightening.

“Well, let’s test that then a bit. I’m not a great person. I do what I must.

“That means you’ll end up privy to a number of secrets as my wife. Would you swear an oath to secrecy as if you were nothing more one of my people?”

“I would,” Holly said immediately, nodding her head.

“Then please do so. On Leah’s name, no less. On pain of death, and losing your soul. For the s...

Broker -CH9-

“And I can say no? No repercussions?” Valeria asked again.

She seemed quite hung up on that point.

Alex nodded his head, barely keeping a handle on his calm. “None.”

Valeria chewed on that for a while again. They’d been down here with her for a little while.

Carla growled, her patience wearing thing.

“It’s alright, Two,” Alex said soothingly. He moved over to stand beside her and lightly patted her back.

In a much lower tone he w...

Broker - CH8 -

“Drat, a second. I need my coat,” Valeria said, brushing her hand against Alex’s forearm.

Alex gave her a tight smile and stood next to his coach, watching her dart back inside.

“Two, as soon as we have her alone in my room, I want you to get something around her neck.

“Preferably something that’ll keep her from doing anything without harming her,” Alex said.

“Are you sure about this? What if she really just wants you to mount her like a cat...

SSOSH2: Audiobook by Nick Podehl

May 8th.

That is all.

March 2018: Dungeon Deposed released, and where are we?

Good morning everyone,

Dungeon Deposed is now... available.

Time for me to ask you for help. If you read or buy the book, please consider leaving a review. :)

And if you're willing to do that, maybe share it, like it, or just tell others.

This is the big one. If this book does well, it'll justify going full time. Making being an author an actual job, and not working the dayjob.

Here's hoping.

You can pick the new book here: (2018-03-01 12:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Inner-circle help me! :D

Need your help IC.

Here's the blurb for Dungeon Deposed.

Could use you giving it a once over and letting me know what you think.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate ya.

Ryker the wizard turned farmer really has one goal in his life right now.

Change a certain adventuring guild into a flaming wreck while dancing merrily through the smoldering ruins.

It isn’t as if they didn’t deserve it either.

They had driven him from his home. ...

Broker - CH7 -

Banging open, the door cracked into the wall, making Alex jump in his chair.

Carla strode in, an angry look to her face. Which honestly wasn’t that different from normal.

“Do be a dear and shut the door, Two,” Alex said, looking back down to his writing desk and the letters atop it. “Preferably without slamming it.”

Carla growled and stomped to the door, shutting it.

“Thank you, Two.”

Alex didn’t bother to look back up and continued to...

New Book - A Randi Darren Novel -

Hey everyone, as mentioned previously, we've been working on a new book.

We're now making that book available in our normal patreon fashion.

There are some things to note, however.

This is a Randi Darren book. As such, it'll very likely press some boundaries for people.

The basic premise of this book is simple. What would you do, for what you want?

The Main character, Alex, is dead. And is given a deal to save his own soul. To become a broker on the behalf of a godd...

Broker - CH6 -

The carriage rolled slowly through the large gates of the capital.

It wasn’t so much as you passed them, as you were enveloped by them.

Stonework that looked close to fifteen feet in depth surrounded them as they passed into the capital proper.

Outside the inner walls was the peasantry. The lowest classes of the citizenry and where much of the drudgery and manual labor was collected.

All encompassed within a wall that wouldn’t stand up to a traditional ...

Broker - CH5 -

“Now, I wanted to make you another deal,” Alex said.

Riley shook her head, looking down and to the side, but she didn’t dismiss him.

“I’d like to offer you better food,” Alex said, pulling out the apple from the box. He’d tucked it away when he handed over the clothes. “I’ll feed you what the guards eat, and the price is to let me eat lunch with you if I choose to. I’ll bring my own lunch of course, and I may even share part of it with you.”

Broker - CH4 -

((Reminder. This story, is a Darren story. It isn't for the faint hearted. There's a reason I made a separate pen name entirely. I can't stress this enough.))
 

“Good work, Douglas,” Alex said, looking over the thirty guardsmen Douglas had brought into the keep.

One and all, they were clearly veterans. Either having served in the guard, or the military, he couldn’t tell, but they had the look of people who knew their business.

“Douglas gave you all the details?” h...

Broker - CH3 -

“My lord,” Walter said, bowing from the doorway. “Your receiving hall has been prepared for this months justice.”

Huh?

Month’s Justice- A formal hearing conducted by the Count of Brit. It is held at the start of a month, and the middle of the month, depending on case load.

Offenders that are interviewed have committed offenses that exceed a set value in fines, or have committed a crime of a heinous or extreme nature. 2018-02-22 01:47:10 +0000 UTC View Post