When Sam arrived at the teleportation gate, the number of nagas following him was too great to send through at once.
He organized them into groups under the command of some of the original Silver Nagas and started to send them through a few thousand at a time.
It was a time-consuming process, but with the differential between here and Aster Fall, they would appear there like a const...
2024-06-19 17:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe four Judges of Emerald were powerful warriors who stood at the peak of their race.
Their positions were based on victory and personal strength. Every five years there was a ceremonial challenge to confirm them.
But they were not Oathsworn.
And they were facing the commanders of the Silver Army.
Sleset and the others had the strength, regeneration, and enh...
2024-06-14 23:32:18 +0000 UTC View PostA streak of silver light blasted across the horizon of Emerald, shaking the sky. The clouds shuddered as footsteps rocked the world.
Cities shook and mountains trembled.
Stones fell from the slopes, rolling down to the plains, and snow roared as it slid away in avalanches. The misty clouds above the jungles disintegrated, bringing sunlight to mark Sam’s arrival.
...
2024-06-08 21:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostCaelus was a bright blue moon. Crystalline waves of its aura washed across the surface as Sam arrived above the teleportation gate.
The entrance was on the side opposite Aster Fall, which hid it from casual view. It looked like a valley between two mountains, a feature no different than many others on the moon.
Even to his senses, there was barely anything there, just a trace ...
2024-06-04 23:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Sam arrived at the fortress, he immediately switched places with his avatar in the great hall.
To those watching, the swap was so quick that there was only a flicker of starlight across the avatar’s body, but the sense of Sam’s aura became stronger, which drew their attention.
Eyes turned toward him as the hall fell silent.
The nagas had all run out of the hall to wat...
2024-05-29 23:08:50 +0000 UTC View PostSam studied the fortresses in the Void as his avatars continued to work on them.
Their cores were done.
The complete enchantments that would interlock with Silverguard’s defenses would take a little longer, but they could already serve as extensions of the main fortress.
The stone they were made from was slowly changing from the dull black of the Vos’Rekan to the sil...
2024-05-25 03:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio Omnibus for River of Fate (Books 1-3) is now out.
47 hours!
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0D54KDFDG
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D54LKCBS/
Review Codes:
Le...
2024-05-24 20:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve submitted an omnibus version of River of Fate 1-3 (47hrs) to Audible.
It should be out soon, sometime in the next 2-10 days. (Whenever it finishes QA).
The Kindle version is already out here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CVDDPMV6
Review Codes:
I’ll do ...
2024-05-23 14:21:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the cover for Book 8!
Miblart did it, like the others. It took a couple of months to go through a bunch of drafts.
2024-05-20 16:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe forge fire soared above Silverguard, a pillar reaching a thousand miles high into the Void.
Sam stood in front of the flame as he took off his cloak and bracer and set them on a table to the side.
On his other side, the dozen fragments floated in the air.
The Fragments of the Primal Void were different from other materials and fairly easy to infuse into artifac...
2024-05-17 23:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Art by EL Geron.
This one was just finished today. I had it on order since back in November.
Awesome work here!
2024-05-15 21:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostSam swept up the treasures and looked down to the great hall, where the emissaries were waiting.
His Evolution had happened in the main dimension this time, rather than in a pocket space, but not long had passed for the people on the fortress.
He created a new avatar to handle the discussions, and then he sent it to the great hall with most of the treasures. That would be enough to ...
2024-05-15 05:40:06 +0000 UTC View PostSilver flames consumed everything as the Fifth Star ignited.
A brilliant sun burned at the peak of Silverguard as energy poured outward, igniting the Void around him.
Massive currents of essence, astral energy, and wild elements roared around him, twisting into great rivers that burned among the stars.
He leapt off the fortress and stepped into the distance, away f...
2024-05-09 00:19:10 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it in the last post, leave a comment if you'd like a US or UK audio review code for World Seal (Guardian of Aster Fall 7)!
It comes out on the 14th, so once you redeem the code, it will show up in your pre-orders until then.
2024-05-06 19:48:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio for Guardian of Aster Fall 7: World Seal will be out in a week!
May 14th!
It has a short preorder and then it'll be live. It is also out on Kindle Unlimited.
Book 7 on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/World-Seal-Audiobook/B0D2YFVJK9
A wave of silver flames burned across the Vos’Rekan’s body as Sam dodged to the side, letting its massive head tear through the space where he had been.
At that moment, Sleset led the Silver Nagas down toward the beast’s eye. Their formation was a tight wedge surrounded by a brilliant blaze of silver light.
The First Fang of the Silver Lord-Scaled General of the Silver...
2024-05-02 05:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe distance closed as Silverguard hurtled toward the Vos’Rekan.
Its form uncurled, slowly taking the shape of the 500-mile long star devourer he’d seen before. It had looked like a dark moon, but now it was a long, scaled beast with a broad, wedge-shaped head and a cavernous mouth full of miles-long fangs that swung toward him.
Silverguard was barely larger than a single one of...
2024-04-28 05:14:16 +0000 UTC View PostNear the Peak of Sun’s Rest, On the First Layer
The hall of the Hastern home glowed with light. There was a mix of warm moonlight and silver flames around a small cradle.
“Hello, little one,” Sam said with a grin as he held out his finger and let his little brother wrap his hand around it. “You are cute.”
“He is,” Aemilia agreed with a smile. She was sit...
2024-04-25 03:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe emissaries were still feasting in the great hall as Sam and Keros arrived.
Sam’s avatar that was at the table announced the new guest.
“Some of you might recognize the elder that you came here to meet,” he said. “He is one of the Cer’Aleth and an old friend of mine. We worked together to drive off the Vos’Rekan when it came...
2024-04-12 05:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Void was a brilliant expanse filled with light, stretching into an endless sky above Silverguard as the chaos winds roared around the tower.
The healing enchantment had been pouring energy into the guardian’s life gem for weeks, bolstering its regeneration and intensifying its vitality.
It was all for this moment.
The energy had finally reached the peak of th...
2024-04-08 05:35:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe music of the reception feast rang out across the great hall.
It was accompanied by cascading notes from the silver fountains and crystal chimes from the astral energy flowing through the stones that made up the hall and table, which created a pleasant backdrop.
The music that rose up from the waters turned into drifting silver runes, which floated through the air like fire...
2024-04-04 05:44:03 +0000 UTC View Post
NorWesCon was a lot of fun.
I plan to do it again next year, but I think I might aim for a booth instead of a table, so there’s more room to set things out.
I met some people who had read the books (including one of the organizers of the con, which was neat), signed a bunch of things, dropped off a dozen books at the little free library for people to find by surprise (with bookma...
2024-04-02 16:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostSam looked at where the Dragon Spirit was gathering himself and then to the Winged Fury.
His expression was calm, but a current of anger ran through him, which was why he was willing to let this continue until they surrendered.
He heard the Winter Sylph’s words easily when she asked them to stop, just like he’d heard what they were saying on the way here.
They had planned ...
2024-03-30 23:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ll work on some chapters while I’m up here near Seattle.
https://www.norwescon.org/con/
See you if you swing by!
2024-03-28 22:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re the Guardian of Aster Fall?”
Solis’s question jumped out unbidden as he stared at the figure in front of them.
It was a rhetorical question, however, since the being had just said that.
The platform beneath their feet had stopped completely, apparently obeying the command, and he had no way to make it move farther. Every order he tried to send it wa...
2024-03-27 00:43:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a while since I updated the pinned post. Here you go!
Currently on Patreon:
Book 4 of Wild Era, a new Aster Fall series set in the human domain, is coming out on Patreon now. Chapter 1 will be out in a day or two. The Kindle release date will be sometime in Spring 2026, hopefully early Spring.
Latest Kindle and Audio Releases:<...
2024-03-21 19:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostSam stood at the highest point of Silverguard, looking into the distance.
A streak of blue light was heading toward him, carrying with it the reinforcements from the civilized half of the galaxy, the ones the Astral Guardian had summoned to help with the Vos’Rekan.
There were five of them, all at the Fifth Evolution. If he let them come any closer, they would run straight in...
2024-03-21 05:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Kindle Release! Guardian of Aster Fall 7: World Seal is now available on Kindle Unlimited.
Thanks so much for all the support here!
Books 1-6 are $0.99 in the US store from March 16th to 22nd, and 0.99 in the UK store from March 22nd to the 28th.
Series: https://www.amazo...
2024-03-16 15:09:55 +0000 UTC View PostSam Hastern
Level: 468
Title: Lord of Silver Stars
Class: Lord of the Silver Void
Subclass: Guardian of Aster Fall.
Racial Evolution: Astral Battle Lord (Astral Titan, Stage 5).
Essence Constellation (Fourth Star): 19,521,280 / 30,000,000 (*5th Star requires only battle.)
Height: 1,265 feet.
Age: 204 years.
Additional Titles...
2024-03-15 15:22:26 +0000 UTC View PostIf you missed the epub of World Seal and were a patron for it, let me know and I’ll give you a backup copy.
World Seal goes live on Amazon on the 16th!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CG15JTYB
I really cut it close here, but I think it works.
I hope you've enjoyed this one!
T...
2024-03-12 06:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post