Good evening dear Adventurers,

There are now 33 of you, and I appreciate each and every one of you. You matter. 

I’m happy to announce the 8th chapter - Across the Gulf of Corinth has been released. It has been 18 days since the project began and gosh, so much has changed. I’ve always been passionate about The Hunter Saga since the first character design, but never to this extent! It truly is a child of mine, and I’m doing my very best to its success! What started as a frail seed of a dream, has grown strong roots deep in the ground and is pushing through the soil to flourish.

This would not be possible without your invaluable advice, feedback and sharing, dear followers, and I am just repeating the grateful phrases over and over. Even though they may appear worn and meaningless on the screen, they are every time alive and well, shining in my heart. They make me happy and they make me a better writer advice by advice. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Now, in the 8th chapter we get some answers, but not without new questions. Some major plot points might seem obvious but... read on, it gets more interesting. There are many cards to be played and important characters to introduce, so don’t draw your conclusions too soon.

We have a new vision in this chapter! They are always fun to write. We get to know the story of Nereus and Nerites. In mythology, Nereus is the eldest son of titan Pontus (Sea) and Gaia (Earth). Nerites is someone only described by mariners’ folklore, and is the brother of fifty Nereids (nymphs of the Aigeian Sea, modern Aegean Sea). Later in his life, Aphrodite falls for Nerites and that starts a whole new drama in the great Olympian soap opera. God Triton also makes a brief appearance, he is the son of Poseidon and Amphirite, each a deity of the sea. The family tree is baffling. I have sketched it out many times and just when I thought I have it simplified, I discover a new affair and twenty kids. It may not sound like it, but it is a whole lot of fun.

Soon we will get to Epidaurus, soon, and settle down. Or then something completely different will happen and- ooo I’m talking too much! It’s all very exciting! I’m always pleased to hear your thoughts on everything.

Thank you, and have a good night!

-H.A.

Beautiful Readers,

I have good news, and I have... regular news.

For those of you just tuning in, Devil’s Call began its life as a novella, meaning it clocked in at fewer than 40,000 words and the ending was ambiguous and the antagonist, George Dalton, barely appeared in the story at all.

After some behind the scenes occurrences which I’m not at liberty to discuss yet, I decided to expand the story, flesh out the Dalton character, and make it a full-length novel, meaning its word count would double and I would have to, you know, actually do work.

The good news is, after a month or so of bitching and gnashing my teeth and Adam Gomolin yelling at me to not quit on him, I have finished a scene outline and a synopsis of what the completed novel will look like, so it has a proper ending and character arcs and themes and so on and so forth.

The regular news is, I now have to rewrite the hundred-something pages I’d already decided were the entirety of the original novella, and then actually write the rest of the draft, which won’t be as difficult as I’m making it sound. I made my bed today. I can do anything.

Within the next few weeks, y’all can expect a rewritten first chapter, which I’m about 90% sure will be about 30% different from the one that’s up now, and if I really throttle my keyboard I will have a completed draft by the end of September.

(And I shall throttle my keyboard. One thing this process has solidified for me is the fact that I produce pages, pardon my French, like a fucking maniac.)

That’s it. That’s the news. Expect the new Chapter 1 by the end of this upcoming week.

Smoke ’em if you got ’em,
J.

Dear Adventurers,

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Earth has seen better days. Until now its greatest enemy was its own children. It has only been within the last few decades, since humanity has fully begun to spread out among the stars, that it has begun to properly heal.
But as the galaxy beyond Earth has proven to be so strangely lifeless, it’s possible that Earth has been, in fact, very lucky after all...
Find out if that luck holds out, when you order Tantalus Depths.  

Good evening, adventurers!

Good evening, sailors! 

I actually wrote this update yesterday, but I didn’t see where they moved the "update readers" function, so I just posted it under the comments on the project page and hoped for the best. Turns out that was wrong, but! Another author on here was kind enough to help me sort it out. So here’s the news:

Good midnight!