This turned out not to be the final chapter, but the next one is. The book is finished! I was up till 4am last night getting it done. I've still got to edit the final chapter and it will be out on Tuesday.
“How are you feeling, Hump?” Emilia asked from the foot of his bed.
It hadn’t taken long for his party to arrive, Vivienne with them. They were clean, out of their battle gear, and their wounds appeared healed for the most part. There was no esc...
2023-03-26 01:21:51 +0000 UTC
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Another bonus chapter! Next release shall be Saturday, and I think it will be the last one of Book 3.
Hump made it to the side passage of the House of Stone before the cold of essence overuse caught up with him. This wasn’t just a chill; it was flesh burning, bone freezing agony. He collapsed to the ground, curling into a ball as pain tore through every inch of him.
“Hump!” Celaine shouted.
All he could do was groan. He’d experienced essence overuse ...
2023-03-23 23:35:15 +0000 UTC
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The echo of Starick’s warning left a chill in Hump. He’d had enough of war, yet today’s battle was far from over. The crackle of flames still filled the House of Stone as the Tree of Damnation burned. The light glimmered in the fading mist of Starick’s spell, until nothing of the three practitioners remained. They were gone, just as Anthony and his warlocks were gone, yet the damage they wrought remained. In their wake, they left a city ravaged by monsters and magic. Distantly, Hump c...
2023-03-23 00:41:13 +0000 UTC
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Another bonus chapter! (hopefully) I'm going to try and write another chapter for Tuesday's usual release, but it's not started yet so it may not happen.
At least for tonight, Patreon is officially 10 chapters ahead!
There was no point in thinking about it any further. The longer Hump mulled it over, the more time he had to convince himself he couldn’t do it. There was no room for doubt. This was life and death, and he didn’t plan to giv...
2023-03-21 00:54:32 +0000 UTC
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Hump stood over Eliana relishing in his newfound power. He could sense the ensuing battle taking place behind him and finally understood why Anthony went so far. Why Kassius had craved the dragon soul as he had. This… was bliss. He felt indomitable. Fearless. Powerful.
“Look at yourself,” Eliana said between gasps, her eyes fixed on Hump. “You are weak and corrupted by dark forces. You do not deserve the book!”
Hump tilted his head and stared at her, wondering in what tw...
2023-03-19 00:47:19 +0000 UTC
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Surprise bonus chapter! The next one just needs an edit too, so there should be another tomorrow.
Bud couldn’t take his eyes from the raging battle outside the House of Stone. Adrenaline rushed through him as he watched Anthony and his warlocks face off against the newly arrived Starick and his two companions.
The air was exhilarating. Magic lingered, spreading out between them so powerfully that even Bud could sense something was strange.
A warlock to the...
2023-03-17 23:49:39 +0000 UTC
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The gorger grinned at Hump with an ivory smile, its mouth dark and hollow at the back. It peered at him through pitted bronze eyes, and Hump sensed the twisted pleasure even on its alien face. This was what it had been waiting for—a chance. Chains pulled Hump up by his wrists until he could stand only on the ends of his toes. Walls surrounded them on all sides, dully illuminated by a red glow.
Once, Hump would have been terrified. This was his nightmare—the same nightmare that he’...
2023-03-15 21:34:45 +0000 UTC
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Hump knew something was different with this spell. This level of power wasn’t meant for a wizard—it was beyond him, and that was both thrilling and terrifying.
The pages of his spellbook turned entirely golden, trails of essence spiralling off it and filling the air around Hump. Power surged out of him on waves of essence, carried through the rivers of his body, taking with it all his warmth and strength. The runes on his staff erupted in a golden glow and Hump smelt burning. It shu...
2023-03-12 00:11:58 +0000 UTC
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This is kind of an awesome chapter to be number 200 :D Thanks for sticking with the story for so long! Can't believe it's already 200 chapters lol.
It took everything Hump had to keep the dungeon essence from boiling out of his body. Without a formation to infuse it with intent, it was down to his own mind and will. It fought against him like steam trapped in a container too small, stretching his channels to their fullest. A single gap and it would all explode out. One ...
2023-03-08 00:47:26 +0000 UTC
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Hump couldn’t tear his gaze from the battlefield, or at least, what was left of it. he watched as the cliff continued to crumble away, white stone tumbling to the city below. Buildings collapsed off the edge, bodies fell, and in less than a minute half the temple district was gone.
Even seeing it, Hump struggled to believe it all. This was Sheercliff. A city older than the Kingdom of Alveron. A divine wonder created by Osidium himself.
Standing over it all was Anthony. The warlo...
2023-03-05 01:37:17 +0000 UTC
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This went through a million rewrites. Action is hard lol
Bud moved ahead of Corvin to meet the quickly approaching inquisitor.
Hump felt Abraxus’ hold over him slacken as the man’s focus went to fighting the two knights. He pulled himself back to his feet with his staff, unable to hide the worry from his face. They had to hurry.
Bud’s sword blazed with Frostfire. Flame burst from his feet, trailing behind him, essence building around him. He e...
2023-03-01 01:54:43 +0000 UTC
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Ahead of schedule! There's a decent chance there will be a chapter tomorrow too, so patreon will be 9 ahead. Really loving how things are coming along with this chapter.
Abraxus shouldn’t be here, and he certainly shouldn’t be so calm. Hump’s instincts told him not to trust the inquisitor. Hump looked at Eliana in his arms—blood stained the side of her face and had dried in her hair.
“You first,” Hump said. “This is a strange place to take a st...
2023-02-24 22:09:42 +0000 UTC
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A stillness permeated the city at the fall of Countess Daston, as if nobody could quite believe it had happened. The fighting came to a momentary halt. Warlocks cried out in triumph, while the defenders of Sheercliff went quiet and started to retreat.
Anthony, however, stood stoically at the centre of the carnage, Lord Ferrand at his side like a waiting butler. They were both staring at Countess Daston as she lay on the ground, partially held upright by the ruins of a wall that she rest...
2023-02-21 23:56:11 +0000 UTC
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“There’s something in there,” Celaine said, nodding toward a ruined manor a dozen paces further up the street. “It’ll see us if we keep going.”
She’d stopped up ahead, while Patrick circled around the ruined house for a better look.
A strange, slurping sound escaped from inside, though Hump couldn’t make anything out in the shadows of the building.
“Better we take it out first then,” Hump said. “Corvin, can you get us sight on it?”
“No problem...
2023-02-20 00:14:31 +0000 UTC
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With the fall of the Tree of Damnation, everyone that remained in the academy courtyard was on their feet. They watched as Hump stepped out of the main building alongside Marcela and the others, a mixture of fear and awe on their face.
Marcela gave them the same speech.
“If we remain here and do nothing, our homes, our families, and our own lives will be forfeit,” Marcela said. “The carriageway is destroyed. The Pilgrims Steps are blockaded. There is no way out of the Upper ...
2023-02-16 01:01:09 +0000 UTC
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I took home a border collie puppy on Friday. Never have I struggled so hard to concentrated! It's 2am but I made it :D
Moving through the streets of the Upper City was made easy by Marcela’s party. They knew the area like the back of their hands and guided them discreetly toward the academy. The dead lay everywhere. Slain in their gardens, outside their houses, near shops. Any that could not flee the spawn of the tree in time. Stray monsters still lurked here and ther...
2023-02-12 02:15:53 +0000 UTC
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What have I got myself into? Hump slowly looked over the vault, his eyes glazing over riches beyond his imagination, and he had a fairly good imagination at that.
“Are you sure we can help ourselves?” Emilia asked.
“This will all be useless if Sheercliff falls,” Marcela said. “Take what you need, but be swift. This is no simple quest, we’re arming for war.”
Hump licked his lips. This was too much. The wealth before him, and Marcela’s willingness to p...
2023-02-08 20:36:25 +0000 UTC
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I'm in the process of making a glossary for all Book of Infinite Pages entries so far, as well as general character info for the main cast like their blessings. I think I'll be finished with it this week so there might be a post that's not a chapter.
If there's any info you'd like to see in the glossary, let me know. It may not make it into this version but I'll consider everything for the book release.
They held their formation as they...
2023-02-04 19:41:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, I've got a series I really recommend you check out that just came out on Royal Road. Ashborn Primordial is a Progression Fantasy written by a friend of mine, Vowron Prime (some of you may know him. He wrote Magnus.) I beta read this book for him and it's awesome. I hope you give it a look.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/63958/ashborn-...
2023-02-01 01:27:18 +0000 UTC
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Hump studied the helpless form of High Priest Agaron. The man’s body was petrified up to his chest, forming a scaly bark over his skin. It cracked as he breathed in and out, the sound sending a chill through Hump. If the gods did not intervene even for a man like him, Hump wondered where they drew the line. It was a waking nightmare. And according to Luna, Agaron had been missing since his daughter, the priestess, had been found murdered. He could have been like this for months.
The m...
2023-01-28 22:56:11 +0000 UTC
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Ricard might be a powerful Chosen, but Hump wasn’t sure how even he would be able to break a barrier like this. Fuelled by the tree’s essence, it seemed an almost endless well of power, yet Ricard made it sound easy.
“How?” Hump asked.
“Time and power,” Ricard said. “All of you, with me. We’ll target the section over by the rear lobby doors.”
Ricard led the way, carving out a path through any of the undead that stood before them. They circled around the tre...
2023-01-25 01:37:58 +0000 UTC
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I don't think there's anything I find more difficult in writing than large battle scenes. This is the start of the first proper large one in the series, and I'm really pleased with how it's coming along!
Hump gripped his staff. The doorway was sealed shut, and he saw no immediate route out. All over the auditorium hundreds, perhaps thousands, of corpses rose from the floor. Their gaunt, pale bodies glowed beneath the skin, illuminated by chaotic red essence. ...
2023-01-21 22:38:47 +0000 UTC
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Finding the opera house was easy; all they had to do was move in the opposite direction of the fleeing crowd. They were there in five minutes. Guards stood watch across the street, preventing access for anyone that shouldn’t be there. Hump and the others didn’t even need to show their medallions to be allowed through.
While Natalie had told Hump that only bronze rankers were requested, looking around Hump saw more than a few iron rankers that had come too. They formed a perimeter, k...
2023-01-17 23:06:03 +0000 UTC
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Bit of an update on Patreon plans going forward. I want to bring the Large Hedge tier up to 10 advanced chapters ahead. This is 9 (if I manage to write a chapter tomorrow too). After that, I intend to work on my backlog for a while before potentially introducing another tier in the future between Large and Chosen Hedges. Chosen will still have access to everything.
I have also decided to change the default currency on my Patreon from pounds to dollars because Pa...
2023-01-13 22:05:26 +0000 UTC
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It was late when Vivienne returned to the inn, Eliana alongside her. They’d been at the debriefing for the day following the attacks on the warlock bases.
Hump and the others had decided to wait up for her, all of them eager for news. The two women appeared exhausted when they took a seat at their table. The inn was quiet now. Most of the previous customers were long gone. It was dark out, and in these trying times, few dared travel in the night.
“I need wine,” Eliana declar...
2023-01-11 02:00:14 +0000 UTC
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I feel obligated to inform you that this is Chapter 69 of Book 3.
With news of more trees discovered on the warlock base targeted by Countess Daston, Ricard ordered Hump and the others to remain on site until the situation was clarified. It was grim tidings. Resources were spread thin across the city, and now was not the time to let down their guard.
“I want to take a look around,” Hump said. “Even if the spell formations...
2023-01-08 01:26:01 +0000 UTC
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2700 words a day is really feeling like a lot lol. I'm only counting new words, and so far I've managed to hit 2300, 1400, 1200. That includes editing and stuff, but it's just such a high target! I am speeding up though. It's progress...
Silence filled the chamber. Every one of them were caught up in the horror before their eyes. All Hump could do was stare at the dozens of faces that patterned the tree’s trunk. Their eyes like wide, hollow disks in the bar...
2023-01-05 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for all the support over the last year, and I'm looking forward to bringing you many more chapters. I've set a new years resolution to write 1 million words this year. It's a very big number... but I'll try lol.
Owalyn’s power surrounded Celaine, filling the underground chamber with the green light of her essence. Celaine was on her knees, her Brilliance held out in her right fist, tethered to her chest on a streak of etherea...
2023-01-03 18:08:45 +0000 UTC
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“Who are you?” Hump asked. He maintained his Shield, ready for another attack.
“Doesn’t matter,” the man said casually.
He raised his staff. Essence streamed up his arm and through the air around him, filling his focus and making it shine bronze. Earth magic.
Hump had enough experience in wizard duels to know not to let him finish the spell. He dropped his Shield with an effort of will and hauled the residual essence from the air, shoving it throu...
2022-12-30 22:55:20 +0000 UTC
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Hump trailed behind as they raced through the streets. Marcela led the way, guided by the light of the locator crystal. Even after all his physical training, Hump was still far from able to match the pace of Chosen. His heart pounded, his lungs burned with cool winter air, but he kept running at full sprint. It wasn’t long before Marcela came to a stop ahead of him and the others crowded together.
Hump caught up and leant heavily against his staff, breathing deeply. It hadn’t been f...
2022-12-29 01:03:15 +0000 UTC
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