Tahsin's motto: Never stand out. He doesn't say it aloud. That would make him stand out. He survived Varna by not standing out. Now he's been given a mission. A dangerous one. Because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The quartermaster: "Heard you cut King Wadislav's head off." Tahsin: "Something like that."

"The bite marks were too small to be a wolf. Dozens of them. They looked like the bites of a child." (Quote from "False Light" novella) Brotherhood of the Wolf: A Janissary sent to collect taxes in 1440s Serbia. A "wolf" that isn't a wolf. Missing children. And companions who might be more dangerous than whatever's hunting in the woods. 66 pages of full-color horror + 30k novella:

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Femcel posting online: A “REAL MAN does X, Y, Z” Femcel’s nightstand reading:👇

Most of the fashionable newcomers in fantasy storytelling chase the first spark, then move on, birds-of-passage. It is not unusual for them to launch one dazzling volume and lose heart by book two. What a hollow, dangerous way to build worlds. I have no stomach for working with these restless dreamers. By contrast, the pros finish what they begin. Readers praise Divine Cities and the Green Bone Saga for holding their power from start to finish, and still argue over Malazan’s rough openers or Discworld’s final fade. That debate reminds us that lasting quality is earned. We sign for completion. We budget for endings first. I hope that this endurance is good for the artists. I know it is good for the house. Click here bio to see how good:

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