10 Comments
User's avatar
Garen Marie's avatar

Such a good addition to your worldbuilding. Creepy as hell with plenty of tension to ratchet up the fear factor. Poor Ganruz, though! So much potential.

Expand full comment
Tom Schecter's avatar

Killed by what he wanted to be more than anything in the world…a big fucking obstacle.

Expand full comment
Victor Jimenez's avatar

Nice, tension filled chapter. The implied is good

Expand full comment
Zivah Avraham's avatar

I love this backstory to the world you have created. Hoist by his own petard in a rather unfortunate way! I love the tension. Strangely it reminds me of a book I adored as a kid (and still adore and still own!), “Ghosts and Ghastlies”, which scared me silly because of the tension building.

Expand full comment
Tom Schecter's avatar

Thank you so much! Yeah I enjoyed dropping this in the middle of the release because there’s some…I guess…back-shadowing? is that just shadowing? I don’t know what to call it. Time jumps are fun.

Expand full comment
Zivah Avraham's avatar

Back-foreshadowing?

Either way, it ads another dimension to the series. And I’m all for that!

Expand full comment
Simpulacra's avatar

Totally sets the stage for the books while building tension in its own right. Great shit

Expand full comment
Nick Winney's avatar

Im not sure i know what's going on but ... its tightly written and alluring... i know i need to get settled down and give myself time to read this well regarded fantasy of yours Tom, in more detail!

Expand full comment
Andy Futuro's avatar

Wicked.

Expand full comment
Tom Schecter's avatar

🙏

Expand full comment