riverfate

Wild Era 3, Ch 29: Hints of Sarathia

When Kelin landed on the ship, it was filled with chaos. Shouts, screams, and tears filled the air in every direction.

Almost everyone had been injured in the earlier collision with the necromancer’s Ocean of Bones and they had been dealing with it for close to three hours. 

Thanks to his work earlier, most of them had freed t...

Wild Era 3, Ch 28: Hellfire

The necromancer was too far away for Kelin to attack easily, but the bone wraiths were heading on a path that wasn’t far from him as they flew toward the island.

As they approached, he moved forward to meet them.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t show them any mercy, even though they’d been hostages a short time before. 

No...

Wild Era 1: 0.99 US/CA, Oct 26 Only, Amazon Daily Deal

Book 1 of Wild Era has an Amazon Daily Deal today (Oct 26) in the US/CA for 0.99.

Here's your heads-up!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3HCLZ88

Wild Era 3, Ch 27: Bone Wraiths

As Kelin walked toward the necromancer, he kept the Wildfire intense, channeling it into ever higher realms of power.

It wasn’t difficult to get rid of all the undead. 

Wildfire was practically the bane of their existence, since it could burn necrotic energy directly as fuel. With its ability to grow and increase in power, it ...

Wild Era 3, Ch 26: Necromancer

As the necromancer crossed the waves, more bones flew up to surround him in a cloak that trailed out across the sky. Wraiths and specters appeared as well, howling as they flowed in a dark wind.

The force crossing the distance was incredible and it was enough to make the weather change, even here on the Ocean of Storms. Clouds began to for...

Signing Kickstarter Editions

Working on signing these title pages for Battlefield Reclaimer.

500+ of them.

I did Book 2 yesterday and it took me 5 hours.

Cover: Wild Era 3

The ebook cover is done!

Wild Era 3 ebook releases Nov 26th!

The cover will be up on Amazon by the end of the day:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3HCLZ88

Wild Era 3, Ch 25: Pirates

As Kelin jumped out of the hold, broken shards of the hatch flew in every direction. He levitated until he was floating a dozen feet in the air. 

The sun was bright and the ocean made everything seem blue and intense. Sparkling silver fish leapt through the swelling waves and white birds swept through the air above the water that seem...

Wild Era 3, Ch 24: Soul Sage

The manager’s howls gave way to a flood of information in Kelin’s mind. It was a mix of images, events, people, names, and more. 

His Soul Search spell interpreted it and presented it to him in the same way as a memory crystal, although it was more chaotic, so it took a few minutes to sort through.

By the time he finished, h...

Wild Era 3, Ch 23: Trouble

After Kelin practiced with his new abilities for a while, he became comfortable with them. Then he headed back to the resort.

The Ocean of Storms was still peaceful and sunny, with only a line of faint blue clouds building on the horizon that promised its name would prove true soon enough. Until then, shining rays of sunlight set off the c...

Wild Era 3, Ch 22: Sovereign

The Sovereign’s hall stretched out endlessly around Kelin, until it seemed like it was merging with the stars and the Void. 

It was an entire plane of existence hanging above the worlds below. 

The stars shone here with eternal light and force, as if they were always at their brightest and had become undying, and drifting...

Kelin Wildfire, Centered Art

Another version, but no phoenix and centered.

Kelin Wildfire, Art

Here is some art of Kelin from EL Geron.

Wild Era 3, Ch 21: Soul Changes

Kelin spent a long time searching through the stars in the Void, looking at every class available to him.

He studied and then discarded one after another as he looked for the perfect one. 

Eventually, he tossed everything back into the Void and stood still, holding a single star in his hand.

He had made his choice.

O...

Cover Art for Wild Era 3!

Here's the cover art for Book 3!

Paris Ioannou has done an amazing job again. I really like the details of the phoenix and Kelin's clothing, plus the magical effects.

This will be up on Amazon in a week or so, once I get the typography added, but for now it's a sneak peek here.

Wild Era 3, Ch 20: Dark Ice Behemoth

The Soul Star spell struck the behemoth at the same time as its tentacles slammed down on Kelin’s mana shield.

The tentacles should have been over a hundred feet away since he was keeping his distance, but they stretched outward and crossed the distance as ice covered them and expanded into long whips. 

Four of them struck his...

Wild Era 3, Ch 19: Dark Ocean

As Kelin walked along the dark road, he took the opportunity to study the darkvision trait. 

It was very different from seeing with light, but it already felt natural. He could see around him with a similar level of depth. There were shades to the darkness that took the place of colors but served the same purpose.

In some ways, ...

Wild Era 3, Ch 18: Six Weeks

This time, it took Kelin six weeks to reach his goal. 

Getting Ice Resistance had been easy, but Dark was a struggle. He had plenty of food and supplies, but the drain of the nothingness weighed on his spirit.

Experience warned him that staying for too long wouldn’t be good. He was too wise to risk it, so he left the dungeon e...

Wild Era, Ch 17: Edge of Night

Kelin spent hours in that first location of the dungeon, letting the ice spirits’ aura and attacks seep into his blood and bones until he was barely able to move. 

Ice coated his body and his features were covered in frost until it looked like he’d become a statue that was part of the frozen building behind him.

Only a thin ...

Wild Era 3, Ch 16: Emerald Coast

Kelin arrived on the Emerald Coast before midnight, his body still phased into shadow.

There were several hours left before dawn where he could travel easily, so instead of heading directly to the dungeon he sped across the land, scouting out the Emerald Coast.

It was a region rich in culture and unique life along the southern edge o...

Wild Era 3, Ch 15: Sandren

A bit over a day later, Kelin dropped Yao and Naomi off at the guild to resume their normal training.

They were over the moon with their new soul bonds and the quiet voices of their elementals, which they were able to hear now.

It made him smile.

“Remember that these soul bonds are a mark of our lineage as mages,” he said. ...

Kickstarter: Deluxe Foil Version

The tri-color deluxe foil option for the books came in. Here are some photos!

Overall, this blue/gold/silver combination gives it a good celestial vibe, I think.

There's a bit of glare in the lighting here, but that's an issue for my camera, not the book.

Here are some of what's in the photos:

Tri-Color Foil Cover in ...