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Book 2 update
🕑 Added 2025-01-15 11:00:09 +0000 UTCHi everyone!
Well, that's it, book one is officially finished, what did you think? Best bits? Worst?? Any favorite characters or scenes?
There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes over the last few months and I'm happy to say that the book has a new edition that will be updated here soon. The biggest change is the title of the book, which has changed to "The Last Man".
The other changes are quite minor, mostly additional setting and prose that have added about 15000 words to the total story.
I'll be updating the latest version of book one here on Patreon in the next couple of weeks, so if anyone would like to do a re-read of a more polished version it will all be available at once.
So, onto book two!
The title of the book is "Told In Stone" and the first chapter will be released on the 22nd of January, but here is a sneak peek of the prologue.
A Bard's tale - Western Parthanea
Gather round, friends, tip my hat with silver and hold close your babes to your bosom, for the Moon is full, and I would tell you of the Yega…
Our beloved full moon smiles on the western marshes, but while we rejoice the abyss weeps for its lightless sky, and the fell beasts hiss and shrink into the dark places. In the memory of what was lost, the Yega hunts, for the walls between worlds are as thin as a web of gossamer.
This night, through wood and glen and coast and beach and cliff maidens may freely walk the living lands, but you sleep little boy, for the Yega stalks.
Young men, old men, hale men frail men, stable boys, second sons, altar boys and urchin runts, the Yega steals them all into the dark places to seed their foul bellies. Then when ragged breath sounds, their cracked white mask will fall, and looking on the foulness of the Yega brings the welcome release of death.
The shrill cry of male babes are dashed on sharp rocks for it is daughters they seek, wikkan girls to set the Yega free once more into the living lands.
The moon is full, and men would be fool to wander this night. Stay by the fire, and stray not, because the Yega stalks.
