Greldo glared at the unconscious girl.
"Can Ambraz see if the Guidar is still inside her?" he asked, his eyes turning conflicted.
Irwin was about to ask when Ambraz showed just how much attention he was paying.
'If he's fully in her soulscape, he will be, and… Irwin? I can sense you hate the idea of hurting a kid, but do you have any idea what she is going through with...
2024-12-06 20:59:33 +0000 UTC View PostBook two is on Amazon! For those who can, any reviews on Amazon or GoodReads would be incredibly appreciated. This way the book might reach a larger audience!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNGY1CZB
Garrick stared into the long hallway, floating away from the crossing that had led to the bridge and Hilbert's untimely death. Sweat was beading his head as an unreasonable fear grew with every foot he floated forward. Ahead of him was the last crossing, and a bit further to the left would be the engineering bay and the mainframe.
"This is ridiculous, Dasbartin," he hissed to himself.
... 2024-12-02 19:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin wished he could remove his helmet as he sniffed the fresh air of clean leaves. He looked around while following Greldo further into the Viridian district. The street they were walking through was wider than those in the previous districts they had been in, and moss and grass covered large parts of it. Dispersed along the edges of the street, between the buildings, and filling the park-lik...
2024-12-01 17:11:41 +0000 UTC View PostGreldo stared at the last section of the massive ruinous structure ahead of him, hovering quietly in the shadows. He knew that the small maze of locked corridors that followed led to an area filled with beggars, pickpockets, and the rest of the scum of Dismarintsia. He'd been through here twice before, once on his way into the city a few days ago and then when he went back. Both times, it...
2024-11-30 20:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostRindiri looked at the Sonata hovering behind them, feeling a tiny winge amidst the sadness she already felt. Her hands clenched around the smooth, wooden steering wheel of the much larger ship.
I hope Irwin won't mind, she thought before snorting. She knew he wouldn't. Like her, he cared about people, not things, and there was too much risk in taking the small ship along. 2024-11-29 20:12:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
So it took way longer than I'd expected, but I'm almost done with book two. Any oddities not withstanding it should release next Thursday evening! (05-12-2024) The paperback and hardcover may be a few days later.
It would be awesome if those of you able could leave me a review either on Amazon or on Goodreads as soon as it releases!
Here's a sneak peak at the...
Hilbert moved to the panel, removed it, and looked up. "Code?"
"Nine, six, three, six, eight, charly, charly, delta, and the entire word smiley," Garrick said.
Hilbert looked only slightly surprised before turning and entering the manual override code.
"Braddock is one odd Captain," he muttered.
Garrick didn't bother telling Hilbert that many of the captains of the third...
2024-11-26 17:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin looked at the ruby card, then back at the page that Ambraz had filled with its details.
Card: Kinetic Firestarter
Type: Kinetic, Fire, Ruby, Reforged by Irwin Roddington
Owner: -
The owner of this card gains the ability to generate large gouts of fire from merely moving.
Passive: Increased constitution and strength
Passive: Moving around will generate k...
2024-11-24 19:41:33 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin woke slowly, his head throbbing. It took a while to recall what had happened and a while longer to realize he was lying on something soft yet sturdy. Something familiar. He grunted and pushed himself up on an elbow, looking around.
He blinked as he saw the familiar main room in his soulscape's house. It was quiet but not empty as Nisziz and Klatzi sat at the nearby table. Both...
2024-11-22 19:13:11 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick licked his suddenly dry lips as he read the message. Then he selected the play audio message.
"Garrick, I'm going to give it a sixty percent chance that you are going to be the one that is listening to this. If it's not..." Hillary's hazy voice hesitated.
"Whatever. Listen, that psycho just shot the bloody shipslinger, and I'm locked in my chair. There's some s...
2024-11-21 11:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post"Sibilis, show me the sensor readings again," Garrick said.
He was hovering in front of the ripped-apart opening in the no-longer pristine hull, staring at the debris-filled space beyond.
With a soft blink, his H.U.D. filled with images that showed one section of the debris field they were now part of. A low-res stream showed what was currently happening.
...
2024-11-17 18:48:06 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin stood on the rocky peak of the mountain, looking at the wide open space before them. Far in the distance, he could only make out a dark line. He knew it was the barrier, but right now, he was just enjoying looking as far as he could without staring at the next mountain.
As he let his eyes wander, he thought about the last week of traveling. Shortly after setting out, it became clear...
2024-11-17 18:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin watched as Greldo swayed on his feet, the snow crunching under his boots, while Coal was pacing nearby, his focus fully on his carded summoner.
Greldo's eyes suddenly snapped open, and the pools of silver dulled into a yellow amber that reminded Irwin of the stones on the rings of some of the nobles. His friend blinked, then shook his head and took a deep breath before explosively ...
"Next," Irwin said as he took a step back. He had to clench his teeth to prevent a massive yawn from splitting his face.
"Thank you so much, Unchainer!"
Irwin waved away the thanks of the purple-eyed women. He knew by now that she knew no other words in the common language. Unlike the people in this branch, who all seemed to speak at least one common language, only a f...
2024-11-15 16:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post"Captain, I have finished my background analysis."
Garrick looked up from where he was, watching Macdewil finish up the last touches to powering up the aft sensors.
A weary resignation made Garrick turn away and hover out of engineering until he was floating through the empty hallways. They were now lit up by a few LEDs that sat attached to the cables running from engineering to aft...
2024-11-13 19:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick stared at the panel, almost hesitating to open it. This was the single to last of the aft sensors, and if it was as broken, they would have one chance left.
"There's a better chance, Garrick," Macdewil said. "The destroyed section might have cut it off from most of the power spike."
"Let's see if you are right," Garrick said, opening the panel and calmly pullin...
2024-11-10 21:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick tried to ignore the infernal itch on his ear. It had started a day before, and knowing he couldn't scratch it for another few days made him antsy.
Six days had passed, and the engineers were still hard at work laying new, temporary cables from their only working reactor to the Sibilis' mainframe. Macdewil was working on the second reactor, though his original estimate had b...
2024-11-09 20:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostYuri focused fully on her job, trying to ignore the drops of blood that were floating around the white bag. She could hear Sandra repeatedly swallow over the comm and ignore it in favor of removing the skull top she'd just sliced open.
The brain had become a frozen, shriveled-up small raisin, causing the X3 implant to jut out and over it, bent by the forces. Still, Yuri had seen en...
2024-11-09 20:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin watched Lajija quietly, listening to her speak more about the other species.
He had learned a great deal of her people and The Zaidol Branch, which was the one she came from. Her people, the Acenti, had once had a flourishing civilization spanning multiple worlds and smaller branches until the Guidar came and crushed it all. Now, they lived almost like nomads, moving from har...
2024-11-09 20:22:56 +0000 UTC View PostGreldo clasped his ears as a thundering, wordless roar of unimaginable fury blasted across the shadowrealm. It lasted for a moment, but the echoes seemed to continue for a while before they finally faded, leaving him with ringing ears.
Gelwin's balls, Irwin, Greldo thought as he looked up.
The mountain to the side was cracked, with new, fresh fissures ru...
2024-11-08 19:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick watched Macdewil and the others float out before focusing on his H.U.D. Before he left, he had to check what the ship's sensors or his own might have picked up.
Focusing on the list of icons and warnings, he quickly scrolled through everything that was now useless - shields going down, energy levels dangerously low, warnings from engineering.
When he fina...
2024-11-07 21:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostGarrick waited for two seconds before ignoring his returned H.U.D. It would take a while for the warnings to load because, in low-power mode, the implant could barely do anything at any useful speed. That said, he felt a slight bit of relief that it was back. That meant his conclusion was right- something was still causing EMP-like issues.
With a soft whistle, he focused on the eng...
2024-11-06 20:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostThousands of lightyears from both the Sol System and Upsilon Andromedae, around a burned-out husk of a red dwarf, a massive tube-shaped construction completed another orbit. Uncountable tiny specs of lights covered it while its dull surface gleamed darkly red from the sun.
It had been moving around the same sun for countless millennia and would likely continue to do so...
2024-11-05 11:42:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe first chapter of my new short scifi story is online! Some of you might be wondering what its about, so let me give you a short link, the cover and a blurp :)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/chapter-1-brush-115294092
2024-11-03 20:38:55 +0000 UTC
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Flux stood with the others, trying to be strong. Even though they had been there a few times, his memories of The Concerto were faint. He knew that he should be overjoyed that they were finally going to the mysterious world his father and the others talked about, but as he watched his dad chat quietly with Helm and Boohm, he didn't feel happy.
The fact that the ship was colder than...
2024-11-03 19:34:45 +0000 UTC View Post"Captain, the three remaining frigates have started shooting the Precursor Shipslinger!"
Captain Garrick Dasbartin held back a curse as he switched the central screen to show the Precursor Shipslinger. A squarish construction with a long continuation of circles in the middle looked more like a cannon than a gate appeared on the screen. The circles glowed with a pale orange light wh...
2024-11-03 19:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin wiped all the cards on the table that had dealt with his next heartcard together. Well, the cards that he and Ambraz had planned could potentially become his heartcard. When he was done, he put all the cards he didn't specifically need for anything on one side, away from the cards for his kids.
"Alright, so… we got a few things to do and plenty of time," he said, humming. "As soo...
Irwin stood in his family's small living room, listening to his children ramble on.
"Too bad I couldn't enjoy your eyes a bit longer," Scintilla whispered. "What card did you end up getting?"
"I'll tell you later," Irwin said.
"And we fixed the couch, and-" Mia shouted as she ran around with Flux.
Irwin shook his head. For them, he'd onl...
2024-11-01 18:52:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing he felt was a dull, throbbing pain. His head felt like it had been split apart, and Irwin groaned as he raised his hands to his head.
"KID!"
Ambraz's relieved shout cut through Irwin's head like a dull blade, and he felt tears form in the corners of his eyes. The memories of what happened before he woke trickled back in. Irwin wanted nothing more than to curl up an...