Chapter 2 Sneak Peek! Stormweaver II (Patreon)

Hey all! I know some of you are itching for another chapter drop, and we assure you it's coming. Aside from writing Book II, Bryce also has to run the company and deal with the day-to-day responsibilities that come with that, so please be aware that chapters will not be as frequent as some of the serial authors you are likely used to following.

That being said, Bryce is WELL into 2 now, and we wanted to give you all a sneak peek before it drops in full later this week!

Same rules for chapter drops still apply!

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CHAPTER 2

PLACEHOLDER

-PLACEHOLDER

10 years would be gone in a flash.

That was the thought that had Valera Dent so distracted in the moment, she barely noticed the flash of vysetrium blades and the scream of steel on steel rising up from the first year students battling it out below her. Indeed, her gaze was far away as she looked down on the massive Wargame zone—an aggressive variation of “Grasslands” with a healthy number of stone outcropping and rolling, dipping hills—too consumed with the exchange she was watching play out before her as rapidly scrolling text in a trio of colors across her frame.

10 years cannot be right. Kes’ words typed themselves out in bright blue. Your calculations are flawed. Run them again.

My calculations are never flawed. The answer came in red. If anything, this is a conservative estimate. Additional data has been consistently leading us to a shorter and shorter timeline.

Meaning what?

Meaning that—extrapolating the trend of the data for the last 50 years—a closer estimation would be 5, perhaps up to 7, if we are lucky.

Valera balked at that, eyes going so wide that Chief Warrant Officer Michael Bretz, the Brawler sub-instructor for the first year Galens cadets, gave a her a sidelong glance even as he shouted down feedback to one student or another. She missed the look of concern, of course. After all, Bretz was as blind to the conversation playing out before her as she was to the scene of the Wargame, in that moment.

5 years… Forget 10. If they really only had 5 years remaining to them…