The fifth draft to Book 4 of the Stormfall Chronicles is finally done. The text now stands at 118,000 words long, up from 114,000 at the end of the fourth draft.
My two oldest daughters are still wrapping up their spring semester, so it will be a couple more weeks before they can begin beta-reading the final text.
It's definitely getting closer to being publication-ready. Time to start thinking about cover designs as well.
Book 1 of the Stormfall Chronicles will be available for FREE on Kindle from 28 March - 1 April 2022.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MYK9QHC
An absolutely gripping story. Getting a peek at Callisto’s life before she appears in the series was interesting and really added depth to her character. . . . The action is vivid, and the story will keep you turning pages wanting to know what happens next. I cannot recommend this enough.
https://www.thefaeriereview.com/2022/03/review-a-wolf-before-the-storm/
Thanks again Liliyana! So glad you enjoyed it.
I've updated the master character list from the Stormfall Chronicles, for anyone who might be interested. The newest update includes characters from the Stormfall Chronicles Prequel, currently being released under Vella, as well as from the upcoming Book 4 of the series.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_N3VCDJ-dFocD7ObKbnbg3Ork2cp_YvK/view?usp=sharing
I thought it might be interesting to share what the cover art might have looked like, had I released A Wolf Before the Storm as a novel rather than as an episodic series on Vella. I also wanted to share what the book blurb would have looked like - as opposed to the shortened version Vella supports.
My thanks again to my daughter, Liron for pulling the cover design together.
In an age of magic, in a realm where werewolves still stalk the land, a lost girl awakens from a nightmare – and claims a legend as her own.Callisto never saw herself as a hero in anyone’s tale, least of all her own. She never saw herself as a villain either. Just someone making the best of an impossible situation.
An indentured servant to a den-master of thieves, she has had to live by her wits and talents – all the while hiding the secrets of her past. Trained as a pickpocket and lockpick, she proves equally adept with a dagger. Fate, it has seemed, had never thrown her many favors. The few it has thrown she has been determined to make the most from.
Everything changes when a chance burglary hints at a hidden cache of letters – letters left behind by an Arche-Mage centuries ago. Secreted somewhere in the imperial library, the documents promise to fetch a fortune from the right buyer. It could be everything she dreamed of. Enough to pay off her debts. Enough to start a new life. Or it could just as easily land her in the dungeons of an empire vowed to exterminate her kin.
Amidst fleeting glimpses of a life she longs for but can never have, Callisto must maintain her cover long enough to find the treasured documents – before the shadows of her past overtake her.
A Stormfall Chronicles Prequel, “A Wolf Before the Storm” follows the story of Callisto more than a decade before she appears in Book 3 of the series.
The first chapters in the Stormfall Chronicles Prequel, A Wolf Before the Storm will be released this week.
The first four episodes will be released at a once-per-day cadence. Other episodes in the story will follow each week on Friday.
My thanks go out again to my daughters who have been my beta-readers throughout this journey.
From the moment I had introduced her in Book 3 of The Stormfall Chronicles, I knew the story behind Callisto was a tale which deserved to be told. A tale of both tragedy, and resilience. I'm glad to finally see it available online.
It's done! Draft six of the Stormfall Chronicles Prequel is finally complete. The text has grown moderately since its last edit, from 63,000 to 66,000 words. The number of chapters has grown from 44 to 45.
It's finally ready, however. Time to begin uploading episodes to Kindle Vella.
