Chapter 93: Shelter in the Storm

I also have been eagerly awaiting an epilogue chapter, but however they choose to end it I'm sure will be satisfying.

Ray Barnhart

Hello! Love the story so far. As an avid reader i reallyyyyy hope you are not just go end it with just the fight scene and hopefully have a couple chapters at least of what he does after this is all over? Like if he ends up dating any of the people he went out with or what he does with his sister etc etc. Please don't just end it with the fight and say he lived happily ever after!

I said there's 8-10 chapters left. So... the end will come far later than January, I'm afraid.

Domagoj Kurmaic

How many chapters are left? I think you said something along the lines of ending it at the end of the year however delays would have pushed a chapter planned for end of December into January.

The tension is starting to really ramp up. I can't wait to see what happens. I really hope that when this story is over you find a way to make another thrilling adventure for Zorian though on the same scale. I know you said that you don't have any ideas for something that big but I really believe that the character that you have created deserves his own trilogy. This is a fantastic book and I am eagerly awaiting its conclusion.

Dark Prophet

It's not something that would easily occur to him. Using magic for small things in life is as natural as breathing for him. He'd find it hugely restrictive and a huge chore to go through a restart while ruthlessly minimizing mana use. Plus, the benefits would no doubt seem dubious to him - he surely has better things to do with his time than optimize for something like that.

Domagoj Kurmaic

I just realised that Zorian could have easily done a test run of this "doing many small things different because I need to save mana" ... so why didn't he?

I could be wrong: you have forgotten Kopriva from House Reid when Zorian counted his classmates from Noble Houses in ch.93.

Does anyone else think that Zorian using all of his mana to support his simulacrum's secret war is providing an extra benefit to his cover as a 'normal person'? Eg forcing him to behave as if he doesn't have impressive magic powers. I don't think that Red Robe will be able to pick out his actions from the background changes the attack on Zac's mansion caused.

wanderer117

Loved it. I reread chapter one again (you left so many plot hooks in those first five chapters.) Couple of errors / maybe errors ‘The attack happened very early in the morning, just a few hours from now,’ changed to ‘The attack happened very early in the morning, just a few hours ago,’ Just a few hours from now implies the event will take place in the future. ‘Man, news sure did spread fast these days.’ changed to ‘Man news sure does spread fast these days.’ Both versions can sound right to me, but I think does, is present tense, while did, is past tense. Since the news is spread fast these days I think you were going for present tense.

wanderer117

No kidding! I want so many details to be resolved, and I want to know what happened with everything all at the same time. It's torture.

Grond (James)

Great chapter! Oh god, the whole thing was like an extended cliff-hanger. 😂 The tension is incredible; all this conflict is going on behind the scenes and here we are just chilling on a train with Kirielle . . .

JDG

Yes! Amazing work! Love Zorian’s reactions to being outside the loop.

Armo

Thanks for the chapter :D

Daniel I Beer