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Hey everyone. As mentioned in the chapter note from today, this is not a chapter.

Been a long time in the works. Editing and rewriting those early bits were rough, I tell ya. But Book One of Azarinth Healer is almost ready, and will release on the 1st of December on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. Here’s the link for pre-order: https://geni.us/Azarinth

I will go into more detail on the release post when the time comes, but it’s been enlightening to work with my editor Brook. I had tried to clean up and edit those early sections of Azarinth a few times in the past four years but it always felt overwhelming. I needed help, and I got it.

Of course, the core story elements and characters were present, but to me, a lot of it felt unfocused, the characterization shallow, the world still in its infancy, without any of the worldbuilding shining through (because I made a lot of shit up on the spot). Let alone my technical writing skill. I suppose there was a charm to it at the time, back when Royalroad wasn’t quite as competitive and massive as it is today, but for a real book release, I wanted it to be cleaned up big time.

Ilea is the same Ilea that we know, but she feels more grounded to me now, her actions and decisions make more sense, as do her emotions. Same for many of the other characters and the world itself. The readability and flow both in technical aspects and pacing should be improved a ton as well, without losing the chill/journey vibe that I really like. And I made sure to put in a bunch of easter eggs for anyone who’s read the original version already :).

Oh, and the audiobook for the first book is done as well. Andrea Parsneau essentially became Ilea for this one, so if you’re interested in that, stay tuned. I can’t share any release date info on that yet as we are still working a couple of things out.

So yeah, book 1 is up for preorder now. If you do get it, I’d love to hear what you think :).

Thank you for reading, as always.


Link to Book One pre-order: https://geni.us/Azarinth

Alternative link if above doesn't work: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLRD8YPD

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Anonymous

Damn, what a cover.

Burkes

Basilisk?

Anonymous

Wish there was a hard cover

Anonymous

Thanks for the combined epub/pdfs. I like to have the unedited version together with the final book. Preorder is out for that one.

Nate

Not a big reader of ebooks but congrats regardless!

Vortozan

Holy fucking shit that looks cool

Anonymous

So, how many books are we going to get? I will try to make a guess: 1) till after the Taleen dungeon 2) till Arthur's dead 3) till the end of the descent 4) till the meadow moves to Elos 5) till the fall of the one without form 6) the rest?

Steven C

Way more, I think, as I suspect there's some sort of book size limit from Audible if not KU itself. I just hope that unlike other authors, Rhaegar is able to find breakpoints that make sense for the story.

Anonymous

your are right, 10k pages, it has to be more, i was trying to guess with the arcs in mind. But that will not do.

Anonymous

That cover is so sick

matt

Somewhere between 13-15 I would guess. Depending on editing.

Austin lloyd

Yaaaaay! Thanks for making an audiobook version and for choosing such a great narrator! I can’t wait to listen and share with my friends who struggle with reading <3 you are the bestest! I like the cover, I’m not sure what creature it is on the cover though from early in the story? A Wyvern? Kind of looks like that sort of creature. It’s a super dramatic and catchy image, but for some reason it doesn’t feel like Ilea and have the Azarinth vibe IMO. I could feel differently after I see it later, but I’ve left and returned days later to look and it doesn’t feel right to me. I love this story and unfortunately I judge books by their cover and I want this great story to be representative of it while marketing it well…

Vortozan

I think it has the Azarith vibe, the blue runes, the monster and risking her life. Though I don’t really see that person as Ilea or female. Maybe for future covers have a shot of her face showing an emotion (like a smirk with her eyes concentrating or her laughing while flipping over a monster or even her eating amazing meals over her kills post battle)

Anonymous

Nice :)

Anonymous

tervock or some veriation on the spelling, the lava lizard from the depths of the northan settlements dungeon