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Henry Solospiritus's avatar

Thanks for sending my way! A fan of such things since I was a boy, your writing feels strangely familiar as though you found a pen from a great age and now, it writes again!

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The Black Knight's avatar

Thank you :) You enjoy reading it! This story jump started my Sword and Railgun, which is my humble attempt at regenerating the old Sword and Planet genre. There are two small Conanesque in size and feel books born out of this story in particular. They are about a Terran trained alien soldier by the name of Velin the Lothorian. Reia and Teal Death make an appearance there too :)

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Novaheart's avatar

Moral of the story: Don't fuck with glass cannons

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The Black Knight's avatar

And especially when they are Terrans of Egyptian origin, wielders of mysterious archeotech!

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The Brothers Krynn's avatar

Interesting stuff.

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The Black Knight's avatar

I dare say the stuff of great and wholesome mystery, just as we have spoken about this at length mon ami.

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The Brothers Krynn's avatar

Eh oui

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The Black Knight's avatar

More, now having read most of your book, I would love to have a lengthily chat about how we treat magicks in our worldbuilding.

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The Brothers Krynn's avatar

We could do that when next on Sunday Knights Talks X)

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The Black Knight's avatar

Was it the 10th of January?

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Jan 13, 2024
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The Black Knight's avatar

Also, remember this when you read the first Velin novella, The Rifle's Song.

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There is a grand description of one Avern'a gate in book 6, Final Liberation. When I finish the current book I am working on, I will write more of this.

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Reia leads Velin down the same corridor her teacher navigated for these tomb raiders...

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I think I can post an excerpt and tag you.

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