This month’s first update is here, with a fresh chapter of The Serpent’s Garden! Red One and the Calnian fleet have arrived in Meer Colhara, the site of the Calnian’s greatest atrocity. The Meer-Ulson were not exterminated, but they’ve been driven back to their homeworld and kept in perpetual isolation until the Calnians can be… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch 15.
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Chapter 14 of The Serpent’s Garden is here. Red One and Nanil have a chance for a heart-to-heart, er heart-to-primary reactor, while our tiny crew of salvage station technicians are dealing with yet more system faults and have reached out for some support. Back in the armada, Iljta prepares for another stage of diplomacy with… Continue reading
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch 11
Another update for The Serpent’s Garden. Red One gets to show us the power of human technology. Meanwhile, we also get a better look at something I’ve been teasing at until now: the Calnians might be overconfident in their technology, but they have reason to be. Red One has given them some data on the… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch 11
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden
As voted for by my patrons, we have a bright and shiny new chapter of The Serpent’s Garden! A snipper is below, while the full work is at the link above. Enjoy! ~ The journey to 798-Falaamel took three days, all of which were thankfully uneventful, though Nanil couldn’t shake a tiny edge of superstitious… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch. 11
My patrons voted for it, so here is another chapter of The Serpent’s Garden! Snippet below, full text in the link. ~ Red One didn’t put any stock in the possibility that the Hegemony might be able to reform the Compact. Others had tried. All of them had failed. Those that hadn’t had their names… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch. 11
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch 9
A new chapter of The Hungry Stars: The Serpent’s Garden is here. The talks between the Hegemony and Red One have just started, but some secrets have already come out, and some other uncomfortable truths are waiting in the wings. Below is an excerpt from the discussion as the Calnians realize how badly their Shameful… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Ch 9
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 7
This month’s next story update is a return to The Serpent’s Garden, and Red One’s first contact with the Calnian Hegemony, a peaceful, extremely advanced star nation that she will be happy to see burned to the ground. I guess that’s a spoiler, but only if you haven’t read any of The Last Angel (and… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 7
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 6
The next update for the month is a new chapter for The Serpent’s Garden. Red One and the Calnians have been formally introduced and now it’s time for the meet and greet. We get mostly the Calnian perspective in this chapter, though Red One does a little bit of a sneaky. But as Echo would… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 6
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 5
A new installation in the Angelverse with more of The Serpent’s Garden. Through an act of mercy, Red One initiates relations with the Calnian Hegemony, a technology-advanced and peaceful nation. As I’ve hinted to already, in this story, in the main arc and in comments, things between the Hegemony and Red end badly. How does… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 5
The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 4
My patrons have voted, so we get more The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, wherein the human-made AI Red One, encounters the Calnian Hegemony, a peaceful, technologically developed species and everything goes horribly wrong. In this chapter, we start with an act of mercy from a warship, and a bit of time with one of… Continue reading The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden, Chapter 4
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