I woke suddenly from a nightmare about being trapped in the demon dungeon, with the entrance sealed and constantly battling meddlesome quasits. As I came awake, I felt that disorienting sensation you get when you don’t know where you are or how you got there after being ripped out of s...
2025-01-05 04:48:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37 Weapon Crafting
After giving Pascal a week to acclimate to the training, Callem had us all run the three courses again for individual time. Callem had added a few twists here and there to ‘improve’ their difficulty and keep us on our toes. Gareth and Aelyn made minor improvements to all t...
2025-01-03 21:39:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36 Reconciling with Pascal
The following day, as we were all heading to breakfast, we found my brother already eating and talking energetically to Callem and Wynna. He was ready to get started and brought a massive backpack. His pack had clothes, training weapons, and his new blade. I was a litt...
2025-01-03 06:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35 Skipping Enchanting 101
We got to the farm, and everyone came out to greet us. At first, I thought they were excited we had returned, but as they got closer, the three young women looked beat up, bruised, and with cuts on their arms and faces. Gareth had a black eye and a bandage on his arm and spoke firs...
Chapter 34 Aelyn POV With Partial Flashback
Aelyn was feeling only slightly better after the last few days. When the Skyholme Inquisitors came for her mother, she was furious and tried to defend her. Even as her mother told her not to interfere, she fought with everything she had. The Inquisitor’s hyb...
2025-01-03 03:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a link to the artist/digital illustrator for a Soldier's Life. She edited the photos in Soldier 3 Ebook. What do you get the person who has everything for their birthday or holiday?
If they love their pet - you can get them a themed portrait.
If they lost a beloved pet, you can have her edit a past pet in...
2025-01-02 20:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostSo the MC is getting ready to add to his spell forms and taking suggestions from the readers. Below is where I am starting. Three for each tier of affinity is the limit for the upcoming chapter.
CHARM/MIND LESSER (10-25 required affinity)
1- Mind Fortress - shield mind from mental attacks/influenc...
2025-01-02 03:52:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe investment in the Wind Chaser had been worth it. Captain Taegen had gotten us halfway across the world in just 48 days. He professed that favorable winds and luck expedited the journey. Even though I had paid his crew for 62 days and provisioned them for such, I doubted I wou...
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2025-01-01 20:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 Callem's Shopping Spree
After passing through the gates, I fell in behind Callem. He was leading this shopping expedition with a spring in his step. Our first stop was a clothing store. When he told me Gareth was outgrowing his clothes, I understood why we were there. He went through the rack...
2025-01-01 06:13:08 +0000 UTC View PostI faced Raelia. We were both sweating and frustrated from the prolonged fight. Anger flashed in her eyes, revealing that she was about to attack and end this. Raelia feinted to the right, kicking off a jutting rock to change her direction on the soft ground. I shifted my feet to bloc...
2024-12-31 04:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostFirth sipped his dark, bitter, warm lager in The Magic Mouth brothel. He was waiting for his old contact to approach him to get information on the latest runner. The smell of sweat, alcohol, and sex dominated the common room as women in loose-fitting dresses mingled with the seedy crowd....
2024-12-30 05:31:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 319: Epilogue Renna’s sweat was drying as she stood on the balcony of the Mage College, looking over the city of Telha. She had just
Renna’s sweat was drying as she stood on the balcony of the Mage College, looking over the city of Telha. She had just finished practicing with th...
2024-12-29 04:49:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 85: Down Under
The flying, flaming fire beetles were decimating the tops of the walls with fireballs. The damage was not enough to kill the players, but they had burning and concussion effects to deal with after being struck and tossed aside. Some took some falling damage if they couldn’t stay on ...
2024-12-28 04:53:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 Pascal’s Seventeenth Celebration
As I walked with Callem, I recast my obfuscate spell and set it to show my aether core at 10% of its actual size. So someone with a reading ability would see it as 123, still extremely large for a 15-year-old but not overly frightening.
I asked Callem ...
2024-12-27 05:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31 Unfathomable Aether Core
The next morning, I was excited and up early. I had only a few hours of sleep, but if I could make a magic device to create ice cream I would be ecstatic! I was the first one at the farmhouse and was glad to see Callem had returned. Wynna was in the larder below, so C...
2024-12-27 05:04:19 +0000 UTC View PostBook 1 is up for preorder on Amazon. I hope to have it edited by February 1 but I gave myself some leeway by posting it as March 1st. As soon as I finish the edit, I will contract for the audiobook.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRHZV1BB
Chapter 29 New Friendships
The next morning, there was still some tension with our new arrivals. Aelyn had taken weeks to acclimate to Gareth and me, and now we had two more young women sharing the bunkhouse with us. While Gareth was uncertain about living with two more women, it didn’t bother me. How...
2024-12-27 00:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28 Cilia and Leda
The next six weeks involved a lot of hard work from all three of us as Callem pushed us. Incorporating Aelyn into our daily training was a fairly smooth process. She seemed deeply motivated to impress me and outdo Gareth.
Unfortunately for Aelyn, other than flexibility, G...
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2024-12-25 05:20:31 +0000 UTC View Post**318 was edited thsi afternoon. There is not much new below. The Castile POV was just edited, and the Konstantin portion below was in his POV chapter, and below is just from Castile's POV...The second half of this chapter is the Renna POV. It will let you know about the state of the Telhian Empire through her eyes......
2024-12-25 05:16:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 318: You’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat Glasha was confused, but I didn’t care. I was tired and wanted this over with. “What happens
Glasha was confused, but I didn’t care. I was tired and wanted this over with. “What happens now?” I asked imp...
2024-12-24 04:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 317: Why Do They Always Run? Jhuarkasha was momentarily in shock at Rhuuk’s demise. He looked from the large violet aether stone to
Jhuarkasha was momentarily in shock at Rhuuk’s demise. He looked from the large violet aether stone to me and back, then started run...
2024-12-23 20:24:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 316: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place Rhuuk must have been fatigued from his relentless combat as he was carrying the pair. Hi
Rhuuk must have been fatigued from his relentless combat as he was carrying the pair. His swings lacked their usual fero...
2024-12-22 19:42:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I had a really great chat with the narrator of *A Soldier's Life*, and he did such an awesome job that I'm making an audiobook for *World Sphere*! It'll be out in February, just a couple of weeks after I release the ebook for *World Sphere: Book 1*. I just wanted to share this exciting news with all of you! Than...
2024-12-22 18:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe audiobook was submitted to audible this morning (12/22/24) for review. The process takes 3 to 10 days. As soon as it is active for sale, I will send out the codes for those of you who requested a copy to your email.
-AlwaysRollsAOne
2024-12-22 16:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 84:
“What is the Lost City of Elyendell?” I asked Kuba as he paged through the restored tome with interest.
“The Moon Elves are a mystical race of elves whose cities only appear when all three moons are aligned and full in the sky. The city can be entered for the six hours when it appears. But once t...
2024-12-22 00:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27 First Impressions
I awoke uncertain if yesterday had not been a bad dream. I looked at the bunk next to mine. The bed was neatly made, and the pillows were neatly arranged. Okay, maybe it was…but no. In the lower room, Aelyn was there, and she had a bunch of things out from the larder and w...
2024-12-21 02:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26 Aelyn Arrives
I was happy to see Freya and Monty. Gareth had been expeditious in bringing them for their two-day stay. After dropping them off, Gareth practically ran back to the city to go on his own solo adventure. His enthusiasm actually made me nervous, but Gareth was smart enough not to ...
2024-12-20 04:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25: Gareth Part 3
A loud knock woke Gareth. Before he realized it, he stumbled out of bed with a slight migraine and opened the door without the towel. Broderick stood in the doorway with a massive package that contained all of his new clothes and shoes. “They came late last night, but I held ...
2024-12-20 03:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post
