Well, it seemed the Hero had cleared one hurdle...     Chapter 5.      He did it. He DID it! For a moment, Polychrome was so filled with joy that she could do nothing but dance in the darkness, the song in her heart echoed by the Music of the Spheres, trying to give to her dance the ascending glory and defiant, mortal pride and courage that glorious City represented. She laughed, and saw his face looking up at her as she floated lightly in the air, and for a moment, she wondered at what she saw there; he seemed [ Continue reading... ]

  Continuing our story: Our Hero had met Our Heroine, and she was about to tell him about the Big Problem he needed to solve...       Chapter 4.      Focusing on what Polychrome was telling me wasn't easy at first. I may not have had many lady companions, especially in the last few years, but I was very, very far from unaware of the attractions of the opposite sex; given my commonly-noted lack of maturity, perhaps overly much so in some ways. And there was no girl or woman I'd ever met who could compare to [ Continue reading... ]

  So we'd met Our Hero, and Our Heroine hadn't yet decided what she thought of him...       Chapter 3.      It does make sense, in a way, Polychrome thought to herself as she studied the man who had recognized her. The prophecies may be vague, but there is quite a bit in there about the lack of certainty of success, about the hero having to find himself. She felt a slight chill that had nothing to do with her usual need for warmth, a chill running through her heart. And a lot about the possible paths of [ Continue reading... ]

  Well, it's time to meet our OTHER protagonist...         Chapter 2.      I snapped the computer case shut and locked down the screws. "All set."      "Thanks, Erik." Lisa said with a tired smile. "You didn't have to –"      "No, I didn't, but it wasn't a big deal and you need that thing running tomorrow. Don't we finish the next big volume for State Legal this week?"      "Yes, you're right. But –"      "No buts." I was actually exhausted myself – repairing three machines that had chosen to, as an English [ Continue reading... ]

  With the prologues out of the way, we get to the real start of the story...     Chapter 1.      They're close now.      She was astounded by the speed. Over cloudscape and through brilliant ways of the sky she had met few that were her equal and none her master; even her own father could not match her in fleetness of foot across the skies.      But these were no natural beings, not even in the sense that she, a princess of Faerie, could be considered natural. Forged from spirits of dark power and bound in chains of [ Continue reading... ]

  Just as I do with my other books, I will be snippeting pieces of Polychrome on Fridays every week until my projected release day in November.      Prologue 1.        The gray Dove, slightly larger than the others, sat silent on the branch, a branch tinged with the color of twilight shadows and pre-dawn sky. Despite the mildness of the day, the perfect time of near-awakening of the world, it did not join with its brethren in the cooing, mournful yet soft and comforting sounds that such birds usually made. The other doves [ Continue reading... ]