Apollos Thorne

Codename: Freedom - Book 5 - Chapter 2

“Open our eyes, Big Sis,” I called as the countdown timer reached zero.

Mel’s men were lined up at the mouth of the tunnel beside Harrison’s cuddle-bots that were now armed with mounted mini-rails. They were exactly what they sounded like. Electromagnetic rail-gun tech was mixed with old minigun tech to create the bullet-breathing dragons of the heavy weapon, highly mobile, small-armored unit segment. His snipers, psionic riflemen, and the stealth unit were lined up as well.

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Codename: Freedom - Book 5 - Chapter 1

“This is their idea of fair?” Bolt protested. The lightning bolt painted across his face scrunched up with his brow.

“It’s perfectly fair,” Mr. Rachet replied as professionally as ever. Instead of his normal businessman’s attire, he wore a baggy white tunic below a padded vest. He was going for a Renaissance nobleman’s look and nailed it. Considering their bet, he was mocking the chance he had Bolt would lose.

LeLisa had issued the challenge. “For the finale, I bet...

Underworld - Book 8 - Preorder!

Underworld

The Succubi

Book 8

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Coming - January 28, 2025!

Synopsis:
Elorion's eyes are opened as he visits the succubi capital. Are they monsters? Victims of an ancient magic? Misunderstood?

War is coming. Lilith’s human experiment is finally revealed. What will El and Aeris do when face to face with the real players of the Underworld?

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 38

Lilith and Hadassah weren’t the only Matriarchs that met us at the transportation array. The crowd wasn’t a large one, but three of her closest allies were there as well as Lord Mystarius and Lord Zacarro. I expected the succubi to exchange gifts and have a drawn-out farewell ceremony, but it was just the opposite. Each of the Matriarchs kissed Nava and Aeris on the forehead, then proceeded to give me uncomfortable smooches on the cheek.

It was the vampire lord of the Zacarro family...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 37

“Aren’t you overdoing it?”

I spun to find Hadassah standing there watching me in the most conservative dress I’d seen her wear. Bowing my head deeply, I greeted, “Matriarch.”

“Okay, I’m impressed. If I hadn’t known the three of you were coming, I wouldn’t have known what to look for. Despite that, your blending of mana is difficult to decipher.”

Lilith’s voice sounded from the other side of the portal. “Sister, you’re ruining it. I was hoping to s...

Chapter Update

I accidentally named Underworld chapter 35 chapter 36 earlier. I just posted a second chapter today. It is the actual chapter 36, so if you read the earlier one, this second chapter 36 is a different one.

Cheers!

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 36

Before anything, we returned to check in with Jasmine. Everyone was still in the same room. Nava was beside Jasmine who was sitting listlessly on a couch against the wall. Degima was there with them showing her support despite her inhuman demeanor. The group from the Illuminated Cathedral were sitting at two round tables in silence, while Ronja was pacing back and forth.

As we entered, they all looked up.

We didn’t have the time to play it tactfully, so I j...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 35

Our visit was a blur. Lilith was too accustomed to asserting authority to get anxious, but she ushered us out of there before “the girls” had a chance to return. As soon as we left the cabin, she walked us around back, opened a portal, and we returned to the same room from which we had left.

Once we were back, she faced us. “The succubi have incredible potential with our ability to drain through Succubi’s Caress. The problem is that we’re enslaved to our lustful appetites. You...

Underworld - Book 8 - Cover Reveal

And here we go. Poor little Lilith waiting patiently for the next release.

Update

We are just a few chapters away from finishing Underworld book 8. Chapter 34 was just released a few minutes ago. I hope to release it as early as the last week of January. Book 8 cover reveal is also coming out in a few minutes.

Next up, Codename book 5 followed by Heaven's Laws book 3. Both of which I have outlined. Chapters should start right away. The idea is to speed up the pace of releases, so fingers crossed.

Cheers!

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 34

Aeris and I didn’t have time to tell Jasmine everything. The Head Mistress had summoned us. She was in good hands though. Queen Degima was there, and Nava had returned. They would fill in the blanks after our brief explanation.

We were led to a small meeting room. There was a long dark-wood table at the center of the room that sat about twenty people. To one side in the middle of the room was a large open mouth fireplace. It was like we were meeting in a medieval lodge conference room...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 33

It wasn’t long until it became obvious that we were healing Ronja when her body had already recovered fully. We continued a bit longer but were soon kneeling over her and just waiting.

The moment he stirred, I rose to let girls be the first faces she saw when waking. He did it. Mystarius had fixed her core in time, and Sergeant Valls had succeeded. A sad smile came to my face. If only I had been there for Jasmine in the same way.

I quickly took in our surroundings. It was a larg...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 32

My first fear was that the thorny tongue-roses were going to pop up everywhere with Hadassah clones, but a more urgent problem arose. When Matriarch Kya saw the seedlings, she decided to scorch the entire tunnel seemingly with us in it.

So we flew. Ronja was mindful enough to scoop up my only non-flying golem Geros as we headed for the end of the tunnel. There was still a mile or more between us and its exit.

We were fast, but what could we do against an ancient entity such as Kya...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 31

I forced myself to pay attention to our new surroundings as we shot through the portal. We arrived in a natural tunnel some distance from the city. Whether we were on the Cavern or Dungeon Level, I didn’t know.

Matriarch Kya was standing in the middle of the tunnel facing us. We landed and Sergeant Valls immediately formed up in front of us. He saluted the Matriarch as if indicating he was ready and had done what was expected of him. I doubt he was fooling anyone, but I appreciated hi...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 30

So much for my carefully formed platemail. My fastest transformation was easily my Astral Form. I ignored my injury and turned into light particles. Flying forward, I was careful not to blanket my dark magic vampire friend as I intercepted the person behind her. Laser Fist arrived before the assassin could flee. The feminine shadowy figure tried to spin away but my light was faster.

At first, there was little resistance. Then my dense solar mana collided with much denser shadow mana. Th...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 29 - Part B

The most difficult thing about shopping in a place like Matriarch’s crown was that there were so many shops you could spend days or even weeks going through them all. Without being asked, Master Mather had someone track down the rarest and most powerful monsters for sale in the city. We were provided with a list. Almost everything we were looking for was in one specific location that just happened to be the largest zoo in the city—likely the entire empire.

We touched down on the str...

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 29 - part a

It had been nice traveling from vein to vein with mostly just Aeris by my side. Now that we were back in Matriarch Crown, there was no way Sergeant Valls was going to allow that. And after we let Master Mather know what we were thinking, Virginie found out and soon Ronja, the vampire socialite that had helped us with our outfits for the Head Mistress’s party was coming. As was Sister Nava. We decided to bring Jasmine and Degima along with us. Where were we headed? The monster stables.

Underworld - Book 8 - Chapter 28

After inventorying all of the orbs and Spell Emulators, I watched the large silver dome as it started to crumble and dissipate. It too was a proof of concept that had been extremely successful despite how rough it was.

Returning to my Earth Incubus Form, I played with summoning mirror panels from the ground. I had to admit that the ability to raise a golden pillar from the ground at will was pretty awesome. I could do the same with platinum and titanium. Platinum was visibly whiter than...

Update

Hey there. I'm out of town at the moment and don't trust the internet here. Should be home this Friday, and I'll be posting several Underworld chapters all at once. Things are moving along well.

Cheers!

Underworld Chapter Update

I just dropped Underworld Chapter 14 and did an editing update on 13. There's a lot of world building that's going into this book that wasn't as excessive as most of the other ones. Perhaps all of them, so I'm taking a little extra time with the things like races and starting to get a grasp of what the end game will be like even if we're books away from them competing at that level, if they ever will. (I'm just saying that to leave it ambiguous, because authors do that. You know Elorion will ...

Sanctuary 2.0 Preorder is Live!

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Underworld, Book 7

Release date: December 24, 2024

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Elorion is back from the vampire realm.

Aeris and the girls have returned from training. The Head Mistress was true to her word. She kept them alive for a purpose.

Joining the succubi has gained Elorion and Aeris an illusionary freedom at best, and it will come at a heavy price.

There is no safety without power. No future without strength. Soon, they'll be leaving for th...

Audiobook Update - Underworld - Sanctuary 2.0

Hey guys,

I've been a little quiet about the release date of Underworld - Sanctuary 2.0 because I was hoping the preorder would drop, but it hasn't updated on Audible yet.

The release date for Sanctuary 2.0 will be 2024-12-24. The preorder should be up any day.

Here's a link to the first trilogy in the Underworld series. In case you haven't gotten it, you can now get the first three books for one credit!
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Update

Hey guys,
Chapter out today and hope to have four more out this week.

For those of you that have been waiting, Underworld - Sanctuary 2.0 will tentatively be released on Audiobook on September 10th. There will also be a books 1-3 collection that will be releasing at the same time.

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Thanks to everyone who reached out. We have the new baby, and someone close to us in our fa...

Quick Update

Underworld book 8 chapters should start being posted consistently Saturday or this coming Monday. We'll be out of town for the 4th of July, and a close family member is in the hospital because of a recent heart attack. Everything is going in a positive direction as far as we can tell. The worst stuff is over.

Cheers!

Underworld - Book 7 - Sanctuary 2.0

Underworld - Sanctuary 2.0 is Live!
Book 7

Synopsis:
Elorion is back from the vampire realm.

Aeris and the girls have returned from training.

The Head Mistress was true to her word. She kept them alive for a purpose.

Joining the succubi has gained Elorion and Aeris an illusionary freedom at best, and it will come at a heavy price.

There is no safety without power. No future without strength.

Soon they�...

Underworld Book 7 Cover Reveal

As you can see, I went with the Sanctuary 2.0 book title. There were too many good ones, and many would've worked. This one stood out just enough, and got enough votes on that old poll early, that it convinced me.

Cheers!

P.S. I might be pushing the button and publishing later today. No preorder this time. Chapters for book 8 should start in a few days.

Double Cheers!

Publishing Update

Underworld book 7 in finished and the editing should be finished early next week. Publishing will happen soon after that. There may or may not be a preorder.

Cover reveal coming soon.

Underworld book 8 is continuing right were book 7 left off. Chapters should begin next week.

Cheers!

Underworld - Book 7 - Chapter 48

Aeris was careful but frantic as she chipped away at the igneous volcanic boulder Xaphan had entrapped Elorion in. She still didn’t feel anything from him.

Geros the silver bodied golem monster thrower was there using his hands like axes as he chopped into the rock. Her Wind Slashes with his help made short work of it. Soon they had pried off the top half of the boulder to reveal the man she was looking for.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she felt the energy radiating off him....

Underworld - Book 7 - Chapter 47

Cassian Gallus led a squad of the fastest men in his company toward the Colossal. Their assortment of elemental armor wasn’t to his liking, but for this type of monster it shouldn’t matter. He counted four soldiers with Earth based mail, three with Fire, and only one with Ice. The more variety, the less likely it was they they’d meet a high-level monster capable of breaking their defensive line.

He wore neutral based platemail himself. It was amongst the rarest of its kind and wa...