We Need to Talk About the Hunter of Voramis…

Everyone’sfavorite half-demon, cursed-dagger-wielding assassin will soon be back.

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, 2021 will be the year of the Hunter (that’s got kind of a nice ring to it!).

Those whohave read the existing books up to DarkbladeSavior will know that there is still a great deal more story to be told.All the revelations in his final book opened the door for many more adventures,and I promised that I would write those adventures when the time was right.

And this isnow that time.

Aftercompleting the Heirs of Destiny, Silent Champions, and Cerberus series, it’stime for me to dive back into the world of the Hunter and complete his secondstory arc.

(SPOILERS HERE. Read at your own peril.) His mission for Kharna, the huntfor his daughter, and his efforts to save the world from the Great Devourer allneed to be explored, as well as the ramifications of his discovery that the godsdon’t exist, but are simply Serenii worshipped by the early humans as gods.(END SPOILERS)

Right now, I’m in the process of planning out the secondstory arc. It will be either six or seven books, and trust me when I say thatit is going to be HUGE. New lands to explore, new insights into the myths andmagics of the world, bigger and badder enemies, unexpected allies, andcreatures of legend brought back to life.

Really, though, the part I’m looking forward to most isexploring the Hunter’s relationship with (SPOILER)his daughter (END SPOILER). Afterthe relationships he’s formed with Hailen, Evren, Kiara, Graeme, and others, it’sgoing to be a fascinating journey as he gets to know this person who should bethe most important one in his life, but who he didn’t even know existed untilthe latter half of his first story arc.

All in all, the series promises to be something monumentalin all the best ways, yet still the incredibly personal, narrowly focused storyof a half-demon trying to find his place in a world where he doesn’t belong,slowly opening up to the people around him, and making the connections thatmake life worth living.

BUT FIRST…

I’ve got to go back to the beginning and make some changes.

Since I started this writing journey in 2013, I’ve writtenmore than 40 novels. That’s A LOT more experience than I had when sitting downto pen Blade of the Destroyer (which became Darkblade Assassin).

Over the last couple of years, I’ve come to realize that theearly books in the series have some pretty fundamental flaws—in characterization,description, narrative flow, and more. Things get smoother in the later books,but at least Darkblade Assassin, Outcast, and Protector have what I like tocall “first novel booboos”.

That’s the beauty of being an independent self-publishedauthor: I get to go back and fix them.

By fix, of course, I mean totally overhaul.

I spent the last weeks of 2020 planning a rewrite of thefirst three books in the series. Some parts (Hailen, Garanis, the vault of theCambionari, seeing ghosts) will now be written into Darkblade Assassin, whileother parts (Sir Danna/Visibos, battle with Lord Knight Moradiss) will be fitinto Darkblade Protector.

These books will still have all the elements you love aboutthe Hunter and his emotional and psychological journey, but presented in a far betterpackage, with a story exponentially improved thanks to 5+ years of writingexperience.

I’ll be spending the first 6-8 months of 2020 overhaulingthe existing books (possibly some rewrites to Darkblade Seeker, too, but nosubstantial changes to Slayer or Savior, which will now be combined into justone book). I intend to begin rolling out the series in the summer, if I can finishthe rewrites effectively.

I know you already bought/read the books, but trust me whenI say that these rewritten versions will be absolutely worth another read. Thestory will remain the same in all the ways that matter, but you’ll find it’s anew experience in many ways.

I hope you’ll stick with me on this exciting—and kind ofterrifying—journey first back to the Hunter’s past, then on to his future.

2021 isgoing to be a hell of a year.

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