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Vigil's Justice - ARC is HERE!

Hey everyone! Here is the complete book 1 ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) all nice and formatted and ready to be read on your preferred device. Just click the link below, download your copy and give it a read if you haven't already. Please let me know what you think in the comments.

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Vigil's Justice: 40 - Afterparty

We partied for two days straight. We used Gustav’s manor, his booze, his food, and his quarters. The whole town was invited. Everyone except the snooty turds that called Pithom Row home. They had to sit inside their sprawling estates and watch the rager of the century while the poor, needy, and...

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Vigil's Justice: 39 - Just Rewards

I pulled a small golden marble from the pouch at my belt. It thrummed with a soft but potent power. The True Form Transformation Token. I knew exactly what kind of monster Annelli was—it was time she found out what kind of monster I was.

“You fucked around,” I said, clasping the marbl...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Nine

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

Logan walked out onto the balcony of the Arena Suprema’s party room which overlooked the arena itself. He needed a break from the press of bodies and the unrelenting clamor of voices, which was loud even without the booming beat of ...

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Vigil's Justice: 38 - Rematch

The Hexblight was fast—too damned fast, given its size—and thrust a meaty hand forward, summoning a shimmering dome of arcane light, which easily absorbed my enchanted round.

“You’ll have to do better than that,” Annelli snarled in defiance, a vicious smile spreading across her be...

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Vigil's Justice: 37 - The Reveal

It was full dark by the time I was ready to rock and roll. A small army of town guards, led by Commander Arendu were secreted away in every shop, home, and tavern inside a half mile radius of the Three Chimneys. Across the street from me a curtain fluttered and I caught the uneasy face of a guard...

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Vigil's Justice: 36 - Connecting the Dots

“It was all right here,” Arturo said, a manic grin stretching across his face as I walked into his private living quarters. The room was a mess—liquor bottles laying everywhere, crumpled balls of parchment piling up in the corners. The Padre didn’t look any better than his room. There wer...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Eight

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

It was two weeks later when Professor Suresh took the Ninth Circle into the Tartarucha Cells to prepare for the upcoming Crucible. Logan and the rest of the class were left alone in one of the normal classrooms with two big crates, on...

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Vigil's Justice: 35 - Waiting Game

The next five days passed in a hazy blur, tension and fear slowly building in the air of Ironmoor. The creature was coming. Everyone knew it from the meanest street urchin to the folks hiding behind the locked doors of Pithom Row. We all knew it. And there was nothing any of us could do to stop i...

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Vigil's Justice: 34 - Confessional

There was a flash of movement in my peripheral vision. I slammed the hidden compartment shut while simultaneously searching for a pool of shadows to blend into.

False alarm. It was only Cal.

The shade stepped through one of the bookcases, a wide grin on his face.

“You okay, du...

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Vigil's Justice: 33 - Breaking and Entering

“You’re on interference,” I growled into Arturo’s ear, “I can’t afford to get pinned down by Gutav or Stigge.”

The Magistrate was sweeping toward me, a false smile plastered onto his face. Arturo was already on it. This was a different kind of battlefield than what I was used ...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Seven

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

Logan and the Terrible Twelfth hurried through the root ceilings and muddy paths of the Cruelwood Dungeon. They were running a bit late to thaeir Tournament class, but so far, it had only been Professor Suresh going over his biography...

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Vigil's Justice: 32 - Party Crashers

Arturo and I milled around the chapel for most of the day, comparing notes and talking over theories. Even after a few hours of going over our suspect list, we didn’t know anything more than we had the night before. The monster on the loose wasn’t an Elder Changeling, but a Githrokh,...

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Vigil's Justice: 31 – Re-Spec

The rest of the trek back into town was uneventful, and eventually we split ways. Cal retired to the Etheric Realm to recuperate. Arturo headed over to the chapel to get shitfaced—no surprise there. Renholm hauled ass into the night, probably looking to loot the town or score some alone time wi...

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Vigil's Justice: 30 - The Bannermen

I stowed all of my newly acquired items in my Soul Vault—thank the Good Lord Almighty for Fae Tether—then we dragged our tired asses out of the cave. We didn’t talk much as we navigated the warren of passageways back to the surface. Other than Renholm. The stupid murder parrot talked enough...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Six

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“You’re not serious, Marko, are you?” Inga stopped in the middle of the stony corridor on their way to their next class, Cruelty Incorporated: The Business of Destruction.

Marko shrugged. “What? You can’t be m...

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Vigil's Justice: 29 - Royalty

“Might be best if you hang back, padre,” I whispered, while pressed up against the unnaturally smooth stone wall. I stole a peek around the corner. The gloom was hard to penetrate even with my enhanced vision, but I could see an enormous shape in the center of the cavern beyond. We’d found ...

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Vigil's Justice: 28 - Mask-Shaped Clue

“I think I’m going to need a drink,” Arturo said as we squeezed our way through the crevice and into a chamber beyond. Unlike the rough limestone walls that comprised the rest of the cave system, the chamber was crafted of expertly cut gray stone blocks. Glowing red sigils and bloody runes ...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Five

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

Hiro “Hardclaw” Shirazi had known the truth about dungeons, dungeon cores, and Apothos ever since he’d first joined the dungeoneering guild. Hardclaw was a Ferox, a cat man, from far-off Kitterxob. He’d had a happy childhood u...

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Vigil's Justice: 27 - Stone Spiders

The heavy iron gate was clearly designed to keep the Stone Spiders in, not the miners out, and though the lock was beefy, it wasn’t made to stand up against a Soul Bound mace. One hard swing smashed the clasp and granted us access to the restricted area. The tunnel twisted and turned this way t...

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Vigil's Justice: 26 - Into the Dark

Arturo was about as happy as a wet hen about my decision to head into the mines, but I was the holy Vigil, summoned by the god he revered, which made me the de facto shot caller. Renholm on the other hand was a prissy little dickhead and refused to venture into the tunnels without his furball fri...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Four

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

Logan decided to do some decorating before the real work of the schoolyear began. It was always important to have a space just for yourself, especially after a long day of classes and brutal cultivation.

He added God’s Eye Cap...

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Vigil's Justice: 25 - Brews and Clues

I blinked against the glaringly bright light streaming in through the stained-glass windows of the chapel.

Arturo was waiting for me, looking haggard and even worse for the wear than I did. He wasn’t the only one hanging around for my arrival. The orange tabby from the night before was si...

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Fresh Shadow Alley Art — Comin' At You!

One of the things I love the most about running Shadow Alley is all the awesome art I get to commission for all of the amazing books we produce. J.D. Astra (author of VGO Firebrand and Bastion Academy) has a new trilogy of novellas coming out this year (the audiobooks will be free through the Aud...

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Vigil's Justice: 24 - Soulsmith

I grabbed my hobo sack, slung it across my back once more, and crawled into the Forge. I could practically hear Drill Instructor Screw Y’All thundering at me to keep my chin up and my ass down, “Don’t want to take a bullet to the spine, do ya Recruit?” Turned out buildings to the...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Three

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

At the welcome dinner that night, Logan and the Terrible Twelfth sat at their usual table near the back of the Golden Serpent Hall, which offered them a great view of all the incoming Freshman. There were some tragedies there. The Thr...

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Vigil's Justice: 23 - After Action

I woke up to Arturo slapping me across the face. I reluctantly blinked my eyes open and squinted against the glare of orange candlelight from the chapel’s chandelier. I groaned and immediately wished Arturo had just let me die in peace. That monster had pulped my nose and it honest to god felt ...

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Rogue Dungeon 6 - Celestial Citadel Art!

That's right, folks! Rogue Dungeon 6, Celestial Citadel, is finally done and we even have art for it! I couldn't be happier with the way this awesome piece of art turned out. Seriously, it looks incredible. More good news, the book itself will be dropping in the next three weeks and, best of all,...

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Vigil's Justice - Part 1 of 2

Hey everyone! I've been working my butt off to get Vigil's Justice fixed up and ready to go and I'm happy to say it's FINALLY finished. I'm also pretty happy with how it turned out. With that said, I'd love to get some feedback on it. 

Launching a new book (and a new series) is always ...

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Shadowcroft Year 3 - Chapter Two

A NEW SHADOWCROFT CHAPTER EVERY MONDAY!

CHAPTER TWO:

Logan swiped a fresh cup of coffee from one of Treac’s walking steampunk trays. He was pretty sure those powdered-sugar dough rings wouldn’t rot—there were enough preservatives to keep even hi...

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