Hey! Quick note from the author. I discovered today when uploading chapters to Royal Road that, whoops, I'd left out chapter 70 altogether. Like, the story jumped directly from chapter 69 (end of book 1) to chapter 71 (beginning of book 2). I spent some time today editing the chapter titles for each chapter of book 2 so they're all correct, now. Sorry for any confusion! - Kevin. 2025-12-01 22:01:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Cerberus and I crashed together again, fists and claws flying in a blur of violence. I blocked a savage right hook and countered with an uppercut that snapped his head back with a spray of blood. He recovered instantly, driving a knee into my gut that folded me forward. The impact drove the air from my lungs, but I powered through it, grabbing his fur and yanking him into a head-butt tha...
2025-11-29 15:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostCerberus and I clashed again, trading blows that would have pulverized normal humans. I got in a solid hit to his ribs, but he just grunted and kept coming. His claws raked across my chest, not piercing my Natural Armor but leaving deep bruises beneath. We were locked in a deadly dance, neither of us able to gain the upper hand.
The main thing I had to watch out for were those teet...
2025-11-28 02:04:10 +0000 UTC View PostMaggie ducked her head as another shockwave rocked the building, knocking a spray of dust down from the ceiling above. She wanted to scream, to cry out, maybe even to go find a quiet corner somewhere to hide out. But she couldn't. Her patients were counting on her. If she panicked, it would surely spread to the rest of them.
"You doing okay over there?" Marion asked.
"As well...
2025-11-25 20:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey, all!
Wanted to let you know that between now and midnight, December 2nd, I've activated a discount code for the annual membership, dropping the price to 50% off.
That means if you sign up for a year, you'll only pay $60, or $5 a month, instead of the standard $120 a year.
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2025-11-25 19:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing I felt, coming back to myself, was pain. Sharp, intense pain that seemed to be coming from everywhere. My head throbbed. My ribs screamed. My legs felt like they'd been put through a meat grinder. But I was alive. Somehow, impossibly, I was still alive.
When I’d passed out, I’d been terrified that this would be it, that the werewolves would just come af...
2025-11-24 22:59:48 +0000 UTC View PostAlex flew through the night sky, his eyes scanning the ground below for any sign of his strike team. He'd left Marion behind at Harvard, left her exhausted and vulnerable, and every second that ticked by made his chest tighten with worry. The howling from Harvard Yard had intensified in the past few minutes, and he could see flashes of combat along the walls even from this distance.
<... 2025-11-22 00:41:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe pack leader’s opening strike was devastating. His massive claws raked across my raised arms, and even though my Natural Armor held, the force behind the blow made my bones grind against each other in a way that hurt like hell. I slid backward another three feet before I could dig in my heels and stop the momentum.
Before I could recover, he was on me again. A left hook came a...
2025-11-20 22:54:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe pack hit me like a furry freight train.
Three werewolves struck simultaneously from different angles. One came at me high, one low, and another from the side. I caught the high one with a straight punch that sent it tumbling backward, but the other two made contact. Claws raked across my chest and legs. Teeth snapped at my throat, my arms, anywhere they could reach.
My Na...
2025-11-20 02:12:49 +0000 UTC View PostAlex and I streaked our way back south again. We spotted Reynolds and her guards near the north wall and aimed for them. We set down just a few feet away, and she started toward us at once. All around us, the howling continued, a chorus of inhuman voices that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
“Glad you’re back. What did you see?" Reynolds asked, her expression grim...
2025-11-18 23:38:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe made our way back through the second door, into the hallway where Reynolds and her guards were waiting for us. Her men locked the door behind us once we were all out. One of them stepped in with a chair, and Alex set Marion down gently onto the seat so she could rest.
“What happened?” Reynolds asked. “I gather it didn’t go well, but do we know why?”
"I failed," M...
2025-11-17 21:30:21 +0000 UTC View PostWe stopped outside the inner door, the sounds from beyond making everyone tense. Deep, guttural growling echoed through the small space, punctuated by the scrape of claws on stone. Something heavy slammed against the door from the other side, making it shudder in its frame.
I moved to the barred window and peered through.
The cell beyond was maybe fifteen feet square, with wa...
2025-11-14 21:34:24 +0000 UTC View PostWe touched down in Harvard Yard, the impact of our landing sending up small clouds of dust. They’d been busy since I left. Where before there had been scattered defensive positions, now there was organized chaos. People were everywhere, hauling stones, reinforcing walls, and building barricades. Torches and magical lights illuminated the work, casting long shadows across the historic g...
2025-11-14 01:08:33 +0000 UTC View PostThere! Now we're caught back up on chapters. Hope everyone is enjoying the ongoing adventure! -Kevin
The flight back to City Hall took just minutes, but every second felt like an hour. My mind kept racing through worst-case scenarios. What if more of the patients transformed while I was gone? What if Redhead and She-wolf attacked someone else? What if Cleanse did...
2025-11-13 04:44:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe werewolves hit the guards’ line like a furry battering ram. Redhead went low, ducking under the first spear thrust and slamming into the legs of two guards. They went down hard, weapons clattering across the floor. She-wolf leaped high, clearing the defensive line entirely and landing behind them. Toothless, still nursing his injuries but healing fast, circled around to the left. 2025-11-13 01:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! Hoping to get the chapter I'm behind caught up tomorrow. Been a bit hectic the past few days, but I'm working on it for you. There's a bit of a ret-con in this chapter. Earlier, Cam got a Cleanse stone in the dungeon. That's being removed. He just had the three Heal stones now, no Cleanse. Cleanse is going to be more rare. -Kevin
Before it could launch it...
2025-11-12 05:13:09 +0000 UTC View PostMaggie moved to the first bed, her hands already glowing with a soft white light. I followed a few steps behind, watching as she pulled back the curtain to reveal a middle-aged man with deep gashes across his chest and shoulder. The wounds were ugly, ragged tears that looked like they'd been made by something with very large, very sharp teeth.
What caught my attention more than the...
2025-11-10 22:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, folks! The writing conference I was attending this week caught up with me and I didn't have a chance to do much writing the past couple of days. I got this chapter done waiting for a plane during a crazy long delay, and I'll get the other chapter caught up for you tomorrow! - Kevin
Bonfires and other flames lit up the space around both Harvard enclaves. Th...
2025-11-09 05:43:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe flight north to MIT took me over the Charles River, its waters reflecting the deepening twilight like a ribbon of molten copper. Below me, the city continued its slow transformation. More buildings had collapsed since the last time I'd flown this route. A few had burned down, while others showed clear signs of damage, probably from monster attacks.
MIT's campus was easy to spot...
2025-11-06 05:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostAlex might disagree with me about distributing the Heal spells, but I was going ahead with it anyway. People were suffering and dying out there for lack of modern medical care. A few stones weren’t going to fully resolve that crisis or end our lack, but I figured it would at least be a good start.
I flew over to Fenway first, where MacGregor was doing a terrific job of knitting t...
2025-11-05 02:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt took us more time than I liked to gather up the crystals from all the monster bodies littering the place, but the effort was worth it. When all was said and done, there had been one hundred and twenty of the pods, each containing a fungus monster of one sort or another. That got us a wild collection of crystals in a mixture of clear, white, grey, and black colors.
The clear ones...
2025-11-04 05:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about no chapter yesterday, but as promised, I've got two done for you today to catch up! Enjoy! :) -Kevin
The realization hit me like a thunderbolt. The Architect had screwed up. We had a way to win this after all!
"Alex!" I screamed over the chaos below. "Has your mana recovered yet?"
I saw him look up, squinting through the haze of spores and...
2025-10-31 22:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostOur attacks sped toward the column in almost perfect sync. Two lances of Lightning arced through the air, one from me and one from Alex. Dara added a Fire Bolt to the mix as well. Our attacks crossed the glowing green haze that filled the cavern, all aimed straight for the column that I was increasingly convinced was the architect of all this rot.
The boss reacted fast and raised n...
2025-10-31 22:43:03 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, folks - had an attack of life today, and I didn’t get the chapter finished for you. I’ll finish it off tomorrow AND get the regular Friday chapter to get caught up, no worries! Just wanted to drop a note so you knew. :)
TTYS,
Kevin
2025-10-31 02:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe creatures rushing at our front line were only tier three, thank God. Even a casual glance around the room told me that if the column managed to release all of the pods, we’d be facing a hundred or more of the monsters. We were good, but that was too much. Especially since we didn’t know what other attacks the column fungus might have.
Even as I had those thoughts, the colum...
2025-10-30 01:06:47 +0000 UTC View PostWhatever was making that smell, it couldn’t be that far off, because the stench was getting stronger, fast. Each step I took seemed to amplify the reek. It had moved from being mildly unpleasant to seriously disruptive. I felt like I wanted to gag a little every time I inhaled.
Most of the party was shielded from the stink. They’d all donned their gas masks already, which were ...
2025-10-29 00:33:34 +0000 UTC View PostI barely managed to wrap myself around Alex before the creature’s bulk smashed down atop both of us and the world went dark and wet. Pressure slammed into me like the whole ceiling had dropped at once. The impact knocked the air out of both of us, and for a second I couldn’t tell which way was up. Everything was motion and pain and an awful, grinding sound as the creature’s teeth t...
2025-10-27 22:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostCerberus had hated being alone. When George died, he’d thought he would be that way forever. No person to love and feed him. No one to pet or hold him. No more walks. No more gentle, quiet talks. He still missed George a lot, and thought about his human friend often. More than anything else, he wished George was still alive, because if he was, then Cerberus could save him.
He’d...
2025-10-25 01:15:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe monster surging toward me was about fifteen feet in diameter and looked for all the world like a massive pile of rocks with bits of fungus rising through the gaps between the stones. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what I was looking at. This was another fungus monster, one that had one hell of an armored shell.
I couldn’t tell just by looking at the thing whether it ...
2025-10-24 01:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
Something new that I've been gearing up toward for a bit now; each of you (the Advance Readers) are going to begin getting free copies of everything I launch as part of your rewards.
I haven't been launching as many books lately. A lot of stuff has been in flux, and I sold the "Accidental Necromancer" trilogy to a publisher. That trilogy will be coming to you as well, befor...
2025-10-23 19:20:44 +0000 UTC View Post