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Excerpt from my latest edited chapter "Disrespecting the afterlife".

In this scene Lyeasrakardsul finds out why the Knomes don't mind the fumes surrounding their caverns... 😁

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The Last Philosopher: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

Spotting him, the small creatures both jumped up, falling over themselves to fold up a couple of chair-contraptions while waving excitedly at the same time. He had seen less entertaining comedy troupes. Once he was close enough, he saw they were wearing weird dark glasses, which looked even more bizarre than their regular eyes. “Get back in the cave, someone might see!” He made shooing motions, and they obediently scurried off. Close to the entrance, a bird flying overhead all of a sudden dropped out of the sky. “What happened?” “Is fumes master,” the shorter one answered, picking it up. “What are you going to do with it?” He had forgotten this one’s name. “Lunch!” “Oh...eww.” “Bird not important. We wait for master. Good Knomes sorry master upset we wait.” The taller one, Isath, came up and removed his glasses. “Why were you waiting outside, and what’s with all the waving? People might get the wrong idea, you know!” “We keep watch for master, give good news!” “Have you been watching since I left?” “Yes, master.” “What if I didn’t return?” “Good master leave note. Isath trust master.” “It said ‘TF’! “If” things went well!” He was shouting; he hadn’t meant to shout.

I've just finished a reread of Jingo by Terry Pratchett

First of all this is one instance where I enjoyed the new audio edition.

But most of all I'm so sorry we don't have Vimes to come and arrest the leaders of this war and Vetinarri to bamboozle everyone into a diplomatic solution.

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That black hole is something else. By Arthur Inverse The Last Philosopher is a ride. The story starts with a black hole named, wait for it. Di- I mean Richard. And as a black hole should be, he think's hes the absolute center of the universe, able to bring everything to him and underfoot. Then we are brought to our chrotchity old headmaster of our school. The story so far has been good with worldbuilding, pictures and maps in the story adding just the right amount of touch and immersion to help visualize wheer you are and what is going on within the chapters. I found little to no errors in word choice, flow, and spelling. Solid all around.

I just discovered the Fanart friday tag so you're going to be getting some fanart of my story The Last Philosopher on fridays 😁

This one is a map of the Sojurut continent before and after "The Spell"

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The digital version of this map was drawn from my pencil scribbling, which I guarantee you don’t want to see, by https://www.wattpad.com/user/edoggypaws

The Last Philosopher, an epic fantasy has mastered all of the essentials of the genre. The worldbuilding is incredible. And might I say I was very excited to see maps included in the chapters. Our world is important as it shapes not only the plot but the characters as well. I get the sense that in this first installment we are getting the tip of the massive iceberg behind the world of Huom. Something that you did incredibly well with was your characterization. Your characterization in this story was absolutely incredible. You showed us stellar characterization through actions and the inner thoughts of the characters themselves. Overall, this was a refreshing unique take on fantasy! A very engaging read. The pacing is a little slow but the pay-off and reward is so worth it in the end. And the plot has so much potential going forward. There is so much clever wit in this story as well which | thoroughly enjoyed! Nothing like some good old cynicism and humor!