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Castaway Odyssey is now available at Amazon and fine booksellers everywhere!
REGULAR BLOG POSTS:  This week, we're continuing snippets of Challenges of the Deeps, the new Arenaverse novel; in Chapter 8, Sun Wu Kung begins the race, and in Chapter 9, DuQuesne finds his opponent a tough nut to crack! Last two weeks: in Chapter 5, Simon really needs to talk to Ariane, in Chapter 6 he tests a theory with surprising results, in Chapter 7, DuQuesne prepares for the Challenge, in Chapter 2, we meet an old friend, then in Chapter 3 Sun Wu Kung gets in on the action and in Chapter 4, Simon finds out something startling! 
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Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 9

Time to look in on DuQuesne and see how he's doing... -----   Chapter 9.      "Draw two," DuQuesne said, evaluating his cards. Nothing impressive in this hand. I need a break. The two cards passed to him turned out to be a Sky Gate and a Nexus Gateway. With the Inner Gateway and Outer Gate I have, that at least makes a decent run. "Bet 5 points," he said, not without trepidation. That's half of what I've got left. He could see Orphan, absently stroking his high head-crest in a [ Continue reading... ]

Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 8

The long-awaited Challenge is about to start! ------     Chapter 8. "Boy, Tunuvun," Wu Kung said, "This is going to be fun!" He couldn't keep from bouncing up and down on his feet, staring out at what Ariane had pronounced in disbelief to be "a triathlon on full enhancers!" He and Tunuvun stood at the top of a mountain – that ended abruptly at a wall behind them! – and looked out upon a racecourse that could only be possible in a place like the Arena. Or, he noted with a [ Continue reading... ]

Recent Musings

  • Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 9
  • Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 8
  • Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 7
  • Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 6
  • Challenges of the Deeps: Chapter 5

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