The Chimera Cycle

The Chimera Cycle is a four book epic high fantasy, seven years in the making. It is printed here in its most current form. I hope to have all my notes on the site by January 1, 2021; and to complete the series by January 1, 2030. — 2020/01/01

Book 1: Children of the Broken Moon

This book is nicely polished! It is in beta form: worthy of reading—but minor adjustments will still be made until the 2030 deadline (e.g. word choice, minor plot work…). — 2020/11/01

prologue: First Cause
Chapter 1: Thunder Maker
Chapter 2: Flora and Fauna of the Bunderhilt Mountains
Chapter 3: A Leisurely Day in a Foreign City
Chapter 4: Plan B
Chapter 5: Wyrm
chapter 6: strained relations
Chapter 7: Captive Audience
Chapter 8: Beast of Wing and Fang
Chapter 9: Proficient Hand
chapter 10: loyal servants of the empire
chapter 11: kites of gaurring
Chapter 12: the Peculiar Efficiency of Ministrians
Chapter 13: the Faithful Duties of the Corpus Majoris
chapter 14: a mute and a cellmate
Chapter 15: Needle Work
Chapter 16: Dandifrod of the Emberwood Trust
chapter 17: Seal of the Disciple
Chapter 18: A Crush of Blades and Malice
Chapter 19: Mixed Company
chapter 20: A Day in Court

Book 2: Under Oblarra

The early chapters of Book 2 are polishing up nicely and are not likely to change much, but the deeper one goes, the more the book degrades and disappears into a thin outline with only chunks of greater text. There is still much work to be done here, mostly in the latter half. — 2020/07/04

The first draft of book 2 is now complete, though the last few chapters are still quite rough. The rest of the book is polishing up quite nicely. — 2022/09/11

The book is really beginning to gleam. I hope to have a physical beta copy released early next year. — 2023/10/31

Prologue: Bound
chapter 1: The Oak and Beast
Chapter 2: Lady Yandira
Chapter 3: A Devil's Bargain
chapter 4: The Tunnels of Ancient Beletrain
Chapter 5: Of Fire and Air, Of Earth and Water
Chapter 6: The House of Leaves
Chapter 7: Pursuit
Chapter 8: Mourning
Chapter 9: Eyes Abound
Chapter 10: Solveny
Chapter 11: the twists and turns of a slow road east
Chapter 12: Calm Before the Storm
chapter 13: a lash of wind and rain
Chapter 14: The Crows Cometh
Chapter 15: Excergie
Chapter 16: Jindleyak Justice
Chapter 17: Shifting Allegiance
Chapter 18: homecoming
Chapter 19: a settling of debts and a parting of ways
chapter 20: The Howling
Epilogue: Unbound

Book 3: The Dreadlord Lasitus

I hope to enter all my notes on this book before the end of the year. Until then, here’s a tease. — 2020/07/04

Now that book two has taken a high polish and needs a bit of rest, I’m beginning to flesh out book three in earnest. Here’s touches of the first eight chapters. — 2023/10/31

Prologue: birth of the blight
chapter 1: From out of the wilderness
chapter 2: recruits to the cause
chapter 3: thunder maker
chapter 4: the gilded lily
chapter 5: high peaks of the untu
chapter 6: A strategic victory and a tactical defeat
chapter 7: the jubilee letter
chapter 8: Sujad, the Illusion

Book 4: A Thousand Sparks

Coming eventually to a website near you! — 2020/07/04

I’m not releasing anything yet, because spoilers! — 2023/10/31

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The Archive

Do ever wonder how rough the rough drafts might have been? Well, wonder no longer! In this vault resides all the earlier drafts of books two, three, and four! (sorry kids, the early drafts of book one are all but lost to history…) — 2023/10/31

The Archive