Home of The Overworld, Tales of the Aekhartain and Wrystan
For those in a hurry, here’s the condensed version.
Read on for the in-depth version…
I know it’s been a while, so for anyone short on time here are the main points about which I’ll ramble more below.
That’s the short stuff out of the way. Now for the detail.
This book has been a very long time coming, for which I can only apologise. This year hasn’t gone at all the way I planned, but I’m trying very hard to get back on track.
Full information and pre-order links will hopefully go up next week, along with the first few chapters.
It will also be on offer: $.99 for all pre-orders and the first week of release. Thank you for being patient!
The omnibus version of books 1-3 will follow in the next few months, so if you’d rather wait for all three at once (Blazing Dawn, Storm Rising and Cloud Cursed), you can.
Thanks also go to everyone who read through Storm Wings. I truly appreciate each and every one of you!
Pre-order links will go up after Cloud Cursed is finished with, and it will also be on offer until release day. I don’t normally like having my releases so close together, but I couldn’t delay Cloud Cursed any longer.
I hope you’re as excited for the next phase of Mhysra & Co’s journey as I am. Unlike books 1-4, which I wrote years ago and haven’t really changed, Aquila’s War and World’s End were both written within the last year. I really hope you like it.
As mentioned above, I’m starting a Patreon page offering early access to AW, along with plenty of other things. The page itself isn’t ready yet, but I’ll let you know as soon as it is.
It isn’t exclusive – not for the Wingborn series – because I totally understand that not everyone can pay for it. However, I will have plenty of other fun and exclusive things for those who can and/or want to support my writing in this way.
And that’s about it for the moment. Proper links and things will follow in due course. It’s going to be a busy couple of months for me, but I also hope to get firmly back into writing at some point so that by the time NaNoWriMo rolls around I’ll be ready for it.
In the meantime, thanks for sticking around. I hope life and the universe are treating you kindly.
Take care, my lovelies!
A little later than planned, spring is finally springing up all around me, and I’ve at last compiled the first three Wingborn books into one handy box set! Which I’ve rather snappily titled Wingborn Series Volume 1: Wingborn, Rift Riders and Dragongift.
If you haven’t bought them yet, or you just prefer to have them all rounded up in one easy to find file, then this is for you, my friend.
It’s available at – or soon will be – all the usual places, and there’s a bit of a discount on the individual list prices, so hopefully someone will find it a bargain.
Smashwords || B&N || iBooks || Kobo
Amazon: US || UK || AUS || CAN || DE
I’ve also updated the individual books. Mostly typo-catching and tidying up a few mistakes here and there. Like the massive mistake I’d been writing with for years and hadn’t even noticed – that Half-Year wasn’t actually at the half year point because I had my months mixed up *headdesk* But I’ve fixed it now and the year ends a month later than it used to. Possibly no one would ever have noticed, but I did and it’s been bugging me ever since.
The uploads went nice and smooth until the last one, when I really should have remembered that uploading anything to Smashwords is usually best done in the morning. Otherwise it seems to take ages and weird little errors creep in here and there for no apparent reason. Particularly in Rift Riders. I don’t know what it is with that book, but by the time I called it a night, I was pretty much sobbing like Gollum.
And when I checked my email a little later to find that it had already started shipping to all the other non-Smashwords sites in the fastest approval I’ve ever had… let’s just say I wasn’t exactly gleeful.
Thankfully it was a pretty easy fix, so no hobbits needed to be harmed. This time.
Anyway that’s another thing ticked off the list. Next up will be finishing the Wingborn Aftermath novella, then a return to the Dragonlands to write book 4, edit 1-3, relaunch the series and release book 3. I’m also getting vague ideas for a foundation of Aquila tale, but I think I already have enough on my plate so it might have to stay vague a little while longer. It might also be nice to write something away from the Overworld for a change.
Plus there are dogs to walk, cats to cuddle, orchids to rescue, gardens to revive and the usual mix of real life worries and dramas to deal with. Which means life is pretty much continuing as usual really.
I hope that, wherever you are in the world, life is treating you kindly and the seasons are turning in expected and manageable ways. Have a good weekend, everyone!
94,954 words down and the book is finished.
Not only is this the end of the book, it’s the end of the Wingborn series! YAY!
This isn’t the end of the Overworld, of course – I haven’t finished the Dragonlands series yet, and I’ve already got a novella idea about what happens with certain characters after World’s End – but this plot arc is done. Done, I say!
Which is pretty big, because I’ve been playing with the Wingborn/Rift Riders stuff since 2003 after I had my first dream about a girl and her dog in a skiff being dragged across a sea of clouds by her giant eagle. Things have certainly changed a lot since then, and there were years when I didn’t touch the books, but still, the ideas and characters have been with me for a while, so it was nice to finally get to the end of it all.
I am exhausted. Although that might have more to do with what I did with my celebratory morning off…
Serenaded by skylarks, watched over by buzzards, surrounded by primroses and the first budding leaves on the alder trees, with bursts of sunshines overhead, I do believe that spring might actually be here.
I hope your week has been going as well as mine.
Take care, my lovelies!
Because there are a lot of characters in this series, in a variety of locations, I’m providing this list to help keep track of everyone. It contains all the named characters in alphabetical order and will be updated as I go. It’s only a brief summary of each person, so if there’s more you’d like to see/know, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
Adyn – regular member of the Aquila Resistance.
Alyne – Rift Rider student. At Aquila. Deceased.
Argon – Jaymes’ miryhl. Male.
Atyrn – Stirla’s miryhl. Female.
Bhern – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Birch – miryhl. Male. Formerly bonded to Sergeant Rees, temporarily assigned to Neryth.
Blaze – Honra’s miryhl. Male.
Brathyn/Brath – Rift Rider lieutenant.
Bumble – nakhound pup. Was Mhysra’s, now part of the Aquila pack.
Chepney – Rift Rider Commander of Storm Peaks and Mistrune. Known as Old Cheery.
Corin – Rift Rider student. Female. Dragongifted.
Cumulo/Cue – Wingborn. Mhysra’s miryhl. Male.
Derneon Weaponsmith – Ihran blacksmith and instructor at Aquila.
Derrain/Derry – Rift Rider student. Male.
Dhori – Rift Rider student. Male.
Dreffen – Rift Rider General of the West. Lazy.
Emberbright – Fire dragonet. Jaymes’ Dragongift.
Estenarix kin Boulderforce Clan Stoneheart – a rough, gruff, amusing stone dragon.
(Lord) Ferdyn Salis – member of the Havia Special Force (HSF).
Flash – Honra’s miryhl.
Fleik – Rift Rider lieutenant.
Fredkhen – Rift Rider lieutenant. Deceased.
Gedanon Swordsmaster – Ihran weapon instructor at Aquila.
Gethyr – regular member of the Aquila Resistance.
(Lord) Godfrey Rytoth – member of the HSF.
(Elder) Goryal Clan Starshine – one of the oldest and most powerful dragons alive. They look small and fragile, but they most definitely are not.
Greig – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Haelle – Rift Rider student. Female. At Aquila.
Heirayk – Overworld Sun God.
(King) Heryff – King of Havia. The Old Pyrefly.
Hethanon Armsmaster – Ihran trainer at Nimbys Selection School.
Heyfen Wydbeam – member of the HSF.
Hlen – Rift Rider lieutenant.
Honra – former sergeant to Lyrai, now a lieutenant.
Hurricane/Cane – Lyrai’s miryhl. Male.
Hylan – Rift Rider Captain. At Etheria.
Imaino – Rift Rider lieutenant. At Aquila. Leader of the resistance.
Jarquais – One of the forgotten Gods, now associated with darkness by those who don’t know what they’re talking about.
Jasper – Fleik’s Miryhl. Male.
Jaymes – Rift Rider student. Male. Dragongifted.
Jym – member of the Aquila Resistance. Formerly a kennel worker.
Keipen – Rift Rider General of the South. Ferocious.
Kern Kennuk – Havian lord (like an earl) and member of the HSF.
Korfei – Rift Rider Captain. East Havia.
Koyl (Koreth fra Koyl) – Kevian warehouse owner.
Latinym – Dhori’s miryhl. Male.
Lehno – healer. Deceased.
Litha – Cleansed Lands healer. Seems to know Dhori quite well.
Lithaen – Overworld Sky Goddess.
(Lord) Lorfyn Ketthik – founder and leader of the HSF. Stirla’s bane.
Lyrai – Rift Rider Lieutenant.
Maegla – Overworld Storm Goddess.
Marshall – former Dean of Aquila. Deceased.
Mercata – Willym’s miryhl. Female.
Mhysra Kilpapan – Wingborn. Rift Rider student. Female.
Mimi and Mirro – Neryth’s miryhl pair. Pretty, but not strong.
Lord Morfrye Salis – member of the HSF.
Mouse – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Myran – Rift Rider Captain. At Nimbys.
Naelya – Rift Rider student. Female. At Aquila.
Natten – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Nehtl – healer, Mouse’s mentor. Tortured to death by Willym.
(Princess) Neryth – Princess of Havia. Pretending to be a Rider, much to Stirla’s dismay.
Neshal – regular member of the Aquila Resistance. Deceased.
Nightriver – Water dragon. Mouse’s Dragongift. Ancient guardian of Aquila.
Nordei – Rift Rider Captain. At Kaskad.
Rechar – Rift Rider. Member of the Aquila Resistance.
(Archivist) Reglian kin Thunderwing Clan Skystorm – a nosy black dragon.
Rekko – Rift Rider. At Lansbrig.
Rhiddyl (Rhidystel) kin Tempestfury Clan Skystorm – young wingling dragon.
Riame – female creepy pirate twin.
Rion – male creepy pirate twin.
Rossen – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Silveo – Rift Rider student. Male. At Aquila.
Skybreeze – Air dragonet. Corin’s Dragongift.
Stirla – Rift Rider lieutenant.
Surl Falfroth – Havian lord (like a baron) and member of the HSF.
Symal – healer. Deceased.
Ullimn – member of the Aquila Resistance. Formerly a kennel worker.
Velleyn – Rift Rider. At Lansbrig.
Willym – former Rift Rider lieutenant, traitor, murderer.
Wisp – Corin’s miryhl. Female.
Yullik – creator and ruler of the kaz-naghkt. The enemy.
Zephyr – Derry’s miryhl. Female.
Two weeks into January, and so far the year is bumping along much like the old one did. Plenty of things to do, plenty of other things getting in the way and trying to do their best to make sure I don’t get things done, same old, same old.
No worries. This year I have decided I’m not going to make predictions, I’m not going to set any schedules, I will simply set out to achieve things and hope I manage to get them done eventually. I do have a list, but I’m keeping it private for now and will only talk about things that have actually been finished.
Which leads me to… AQUILA’S WAR (Wingborn book 5) IS DONE!
This was my NaNoWriMo project from last year that got derailed mid-November, and I wasn’t able to pick it up again until the start of this month. But after putting in an extra 36K words, it is done! WHOO! It needs a lot of work and there are a few characters and plot lines I might have accidentally forgotten, but that can be cleaned up later. For now it’s all done and the sixth and final Wingborn book is poking me with ideas, so I might just give in and write it next.
I have also finally gathered all the pieces together to puzzle out where the Dragonlands series is headed, which is also a big relief. Looking forward to sorting that one out.
Right now I’m trying to catch up with all the things that got dropped last year and putting other plans into place for future things this year. I’m also kicking around a few ideas of what I’ll tackle once Wingborn is done. I might take a break from the Overworld for a bit, but I might also stay put since there are a couple of stories trying to catch my attention. Lots of things to ponder.
In the meantime, I hope 2018 is treating you fairly thus far, and that your goals and plans – whatsoever they may be – bear the right kind of fruit for you.
~ Previous Chapter ~
Interesting story, Lyrai. Tell me more…
~ Previous Chapter ~
Sunrise… *_*
~ Previous Chapter ~
In which we reunite with some familiar faces.
~ Previous Chapter ~
(Dragongift now available from Amazon!)
Oh, Rhiddyl…
Becca Lusher 