Reaper Launch Continues + Lines Out of Context!

10/27/2021

First, the "news!" Most of this is a recap, so please allow me a moment to take you on a tour of the present before we discuss the future...

1.) The Reaper pre-order is still up!

We didn't take it down, because that would have been stupid!

2.) Cradle merchandise is still 10% off!

It's not much, but it's more than 9%!

3.) Voting for the Path contest is live!

I hope that link works and doesn't send you to some crazy document about how to sabotage a hospital or something!

4.) We'll be announcing the winners of the Path contest on my Twitch channel!

We're going to announce the contest winners this Friday at 8 PM Eastern, and you can vote right up until that begins!

Full disclosure: I have not read these Paths...but I will be reading the winning Paths live, so you'll get to see my genuine reactions! My incredibly narrow-minded, judgmental reactions of pure scorn. Tune in!

5.) Also on Twitch, I'll be doing my normal Monday night pre-launch stream from 9 PM to midnight!

If you're Australian (or pretending to be...) and have already read the book prior to that stream, please don't spoil anything for those of us living in the past!

If I have to know what happens without telling anyone, so do you.

6.) REAPER LINES OUT OF CONTEXT!

I've got a couple of lines pulled randomly from the book. I shouldn't be spoiling anything significant here, but if you're particularly spoiler-averse, shield your eyes.

MILD SPOILER WARNING!

Reaper Line 1: “Oh no, I missed something!” Eithan cried. “Quickly, repeat your entire conversation before you forget a word!”

Reaper Line 2: “…she’ll be your opponent.”
Little Blue put hands on her hips and whistled a challenge.

Reaper Line 3: Reigan Shen coughed up blood, which wasn’t as bad a sign as it seemed.

-Will

36 Comments

hachkc

10/27/2021 01:18:43 pm

Corrected.

Reaper Line 2: “…she’ll be your opponent.”
Little Blue put hands on her hips, pulled out a knife and whistled a challenge.

Sacred valley Jade

10/27/2021 09:56:33 pm

There wouldn't be any survivors...

Tyler

10/27/2021 01:27:06 pm

I'm so excited to rea.... listen to reaper. This whole series has been such a joy to discover. Thank goodness for random pick ups because the cover art on audible looked neat and it popped up in my suggested titles pile.

David

10/27/2021 03:15:04 pm

I came to the series completely because of the cover art on audible too! It’s been all consuming since then, as it’s the first fandom I’ve ever really participated. I’ve been so happy for that 2 for 1 sale.

10/27/2021 08:11:21 pm

Same here, really love this series

10/27/2021 01:28:45 pm

Little Blue vs. Sacred Valley Irons.... GO!

Chris

10/27/2021 01:52:39 pm

Little Blue would SHRED

James

10/27/2021 03:46:39 pm

Can you imagine fighting something that small that outclasses you in every way

Ken

10/27/2021 05:21:20 pm

It's no less than those twits deserve.
I mean, other than maybe being mind controlled by Dross and forced to do all sorts of humiliating things.

Fake Australian

10/27/2021 01:32:43 pm

Anyone here know how to become Australian for the night.

10/27/2021 02:03:59 pm

Convert your account temporarily to make the purchase. You need to put a random Australian address, and then you select it in the content&devices menu.

Joey

10/29/2021 07:23:07 am

If I set my Amazon to Australia time will it release at their midnight? I'm trying to find exactly what time it will release so I can start reading immediately, and Amazon says it releases midnight local time but others have said it has happened between 3-5 A.M.

Real Aussie

10/27/2021 03:19:10 pm

Haha it is the good life.

Brian

10/27/2021 01:39:05 pm

Little Blue vs Jaran.....FIGHT!

10/27/2021 05:15:34 pm

YES!!

Kem

10/27/2021 01:52:22 pm

Just a heads up to all you wannabe Australians. You can change your Amazon store location. Just saying…

Ausmanthus Maxwellius

10/27/2021 02:42:18 pm

Information requested: Reaper spoilers

[Information found. Synchronization possible. Synchronize?]

[Synchronization set at GMT-5]

Beginning report:

Ausmanthus Maxwellius let his eyes linger over the last line of Reaper. He started to laugh.

"All that time," he cackled, "all that time Eithan was the son of O..."

WARNING: DEVIATION DETECTED

[Synchronization lost]

10/27/2021 05:16:39 pm

...of Orthos??! You CAD, how could you spoil it.

the ergonomics sage

10/27/2021 03:04:14 pm

Thank you, Will. I shall now proceed to put the excerpts in context. Lindon and gang find Shen in the labyrinth. When the Monarch makes to pulverise them, Lindon asks Little Blue to handle the Monarch. Eithan is shocked by the statement and so is Shen, but Blue is eager for the challenge. A moment later we see that Blue's adeptness with a knife is more than Shen could have fathomed.

10/27/2021 05:18:29 pm

....and the new lion-skin rug was loved by all.
Eithan, on the other hand, saved the bones and some of the other parts so that he could make a very swanky Shen Head hand puppet.

Brendan

10/27/2021 07:29:34 pm

In Australia we have a crazy amount of things that want to kill you and massive lockdowns but hey at least we get the cradle series a day earlier. Worth it!

Bewildered

10/27/2021 09:59:19 pm

So Reaper is live in ... 4 days 9 hours, or even sooner for those living closer to the dateline?

Voting for the Path contest? Was this some sort of FB only thing?

Madeline

10/28/2021 11:10:42 am

Looks like it was, which is sad because I'm really not on Facebook much.

10/28/2021 06:28:14 pm

I guess we could always propose paths here even if they won't count for the contest. That being said I suspect contest entrants were limited to US residents, which many of us aren't. I could be wrong, but international postage is expensive.

The Cavalier

10/28/2021 05:35:10 am

So Will, when is the next book coming out?

Micah

10/28/2021 08:00:28 pm

Hey Will. Not sure how often you get asked this, and I probably don't know how much I'm asking for here. But would you ever consider doing a paperback of the volume collection? I like the artwork.

Or perhaps did you ever decide that it would be worth going through kickstarter for fancy art versions? I imagine most of your customers are digital only so maybe fancy physical prints are not that great a venture.

I was one of the ones that suggested changing the art for elder empire, and they look fantastic! But I wonder if it was just a higher cost for you in the end.

Anyway you're killing it Will. I love art so I'm super bias, I'd love to see a cradle webtoon or comic one day.

Looking forward to Reaper.

Nakos

10/28/2021 11:50:27 pm

Nope...There are at least a few of us who want a collectors edition of the whole set! >.>

10/29/2021 02:53:16 pm

I love me a paper back collection, great for lending out to friends in need of a good read. There is something to be said for the smell of paper and the feel and weight of a book you love.

Scott

10/29/2021 04:43:12 pm

Count me in on wanting (and being willing and able) to pay for full set of hardcover set. However, it makes sense to push for this once all 12 are out. I wouldn’t mind kicking in to a Kickstarter either.

Maybe this isn’t the right forum and it’s been discussed elsewhere, but I’d like to know if this is a lack of demand issue or a production/logistics issue.

JLink

10/30/2021 08:16:31 pm

Definitely would be down for a fancy collectors edition series set!!! Hell yeah!?!?!

Arthur

10/29/2021 09:49:29 pm

I really hope that little blue challenge lindon dad when she hear him talk bad about lindon that would definitely humble him.

Cool dross tricks

10/30/2021 01:32:35 am

I’m gleefully waiting for him to advance to jade.

Three Eye Willy

10/30/2021 05:08:02 pm

How do I become australian so I can read this book early?

10/30/2021 10:15:26 pm

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship/become-a-citizen

Or you could just try Amazon Australian I guess? :-)

Carl

11/1/2021 07:08:19 am

Paperback just showed up on Amazon for those interested.

Finder

11/4/2021 01:01:50 pm

Is Dreadgod (book 11) the final book in the series?

In which we ramble on.
And by we, I mean me.