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Saul
8/26/2013 09:34:31 am
YES I LOVE YOU
Robin
8/26/2013 09:39:11 am
:)
Anthony I
8/26/2013 09:47:37 am
So any more news about the release :3 I cant wait :P *inner struggle* But you know, take you time and stuff... Looking great though!!! Hopefully this will tide me over :D
Mike
8/26/2013 10:05:06 am
Nice. Want to learn more about diamond and other abilities and see Simon confront the fact that steamrolled his parents.
H. Laurens
8/26/2013 10:13:13 am
Errrmagerrrddd (ermagerding like a douche) you are a GOD.
Calvin
8/26/2013 10:23:41 am
Awesome start, Will! Thanks!!
Harlequin
8/26/2013 10:28:42 am
Damn!! Who would have thought to start at the beginning?, not I for one. I approve, it feels right and good to do it this way. Much better than some novel sequels which spend half the first chapter dully summarizing the general plot of the first book. 8/27/2013 08:54:59 am
What a dastardly plan, right? Starting at the beginning. What a fiend I am!
Shiloh
8/26/2013 10:31:26 am
Ah!! I cannot wait for the release of book #2!! Thank you for the preview!
Quaza
8/26/2013 10:43:19 am
OH DAMN.
Quaza
8/26/2013 10:54:20 am
I should clarify; I foresee Simon obtaining Diamond, using it to remove his fear, and, fearless, putting himself in a very, very bad position.
Will M
8/26/2013 11:26:14 am
Very cool. Can't wait for the book. That preview was awesome.
Ailema
8/26/2013 12:33:03 pm
The ravenous reading tree rips off great big chunks from tasty paragraphs with obscene enjoyment, giving off disturbing sounds of mincing and grinding as sentences and words are chewed into a deliciously moist and satisfying bolus…
Levin
8/26/2013 12:40:16 pm
I thought reading the first chapter would make the wait easier. I was wrong. This morning I was irritated the chapter wasn't up yet. Now I know that reading it just makes waiting harder...
Rowanne
8/26/2013 01:06:49 pm
Lol wanted to read this so much I used my phone instead of waiting for a computer.. Or just a bigger screen :)
Sontavaman
8/26/2013 01:08:15 pm
Take my money!
Brian S
8/26/2013 01:30:39 pm
reaching his face in less than second. (fight with Asphodel traveler)
Julius
8/26/2013 01:59:36 pm
HURRY CHILD.
Brian S
8/26/2013 01:40:12 pm
Sorry folks, I'm sure that little error will set Will back by at least a month. It's tragic I know, but we wouldn't want him to publish anything that wasn't perfect would we? I mean the letter 'a' is the most important letter in the alphabet. Without the letter 'a' we wouldn't know where to begin. You can't just start with the letter 'B' even though it is completely awesome, as opposed to a letter like 'W' which is just a made up letter anyway.
Brian S
8/26/2013 01:43:07 pm
I hate when he's lurking just waiting to ambush my posts like that
Devin
8/26/2013 02:45:03 pm
As a pre-reader, the mistake was caught, I just wasn't available today to let Will know before he wanted to release the chapter for you all. No worries, I hate word mistakes as much as anyone, and there should be very few, if any mistakes left that the pre-readers and Will himself haven't found before the book is released on kindle.
Devin
8/26/2013 02:48:58 pm
And don't let the fact that my iPad misinterpreted "your" for "you're" undermine that post lol. Weebly needs an edit button.
bludvein
8/26/2013 03:25:51 pm
So I'm guessing Simon will be hanging out with Indirial's daughter this book. She seems a sort of predictable love interest.
Brian S
8/26/2013 05:07:18 pm
It's possible that Will kills Kai, Andra, Leah, Caela, Alin, Alin's unintroduced sisters, and/or Simon.
Rhys
8/26/2013 06:07:04 pm
While I agree about Indirial's daughter being a good love interest for Simon it's would be in Norway predictable. From what we were told in the last book she's a master swordsman (or as close as she can get at her age) she would eat Simon for breakfast.
Rhys
8/26/2013 06:08:04 pm
*no way not Norway. Bloody iPad
Bryce
8/27/2013 01:08:47 am
No we don't know that. Simon is a Valinhall traveler that could hit her with a thousand pound tree (probably). We don't know if she's a traveler, even though it's probable. Although he's probably gonna get his ass handed to him by Indiral.
bludvein
8/27/2013 01:14:54 am
True, skill-wise there is no comparison, but it hasn't been stated whether she is a Valinhall traveller herself yet. Plus Simon probably went back to Valinhall to finish his training at the end of the last book. That should get him caught up in a hurry.
john
8/26/2013 04:54:28 pm
Love where this is going, but I do have a question. What power did Simon get for the room after the library it never does say. Also any possibility of Simon picking up another territory? I realize that he has nowhere near finished Vauxhall but I am curious about the possibility.
john
8/26/2013 04:56:16 pm
Vauxhall sorry
john
8/26/2013 04:59:14 pm
Valinhall sorry 8/27/2013 08:56:59 am
AutoCorrect, huh? Sucks.
Raj
8/26/2013 06:16:25 pm
Perfect...now just release once chapter everyday till the release of book...I can live with that
Kelli
8/26/2013 06:34:48 pm
Is it just me or is any one else wondering what happened to Valin? And the incarnations. The definition has scary potental. And what dose it have to do with Valinhall? Are they the same Kai's warning about the chains and the mysterious incarnations under the red trees.
Raj
8/26/2013 07:19:24 pm
My guess would be that Valin became an incarnation. And probably got permanent 'diamond' and other abilities.
Pat
8/27/2013 01:35:54 am
From book 1 & this chapter I'm still convinced that Incarnations are just that. Manifestations of their territory through their travelers. A traveler draws too deep and the territory in all its terrible glory takes control.
Mike
8/28/2013 02:19:38 am
I am too. Especially since Will has confirmed that his blade is no longer in use.
amelya
8/26/2013 08:13:31 pm
I can't wait for the crimson vault (>,<). thankfully I've just finished reading House of Blades and decided to find out when the next sequel is going to come out. I'm so happy that it won't be that long now. Keep up the good work Mr. Wight :) (I'll be checking this site often just in case u want to put in some more chapters *hint*hint*)
mike
8/27/2013 02:31:21 am
Well since I continue to stalk your blog, I might as well comment, for the hundred or so time. But I agree with Amelya. Particularly Alin. I don't really like him much
Bryce
8/27/2013 06:17:00 am
I don't like Alin much either. He shouldn't die but something bad should happen to him that has a poetic justice to it. Like he should be frozen by the green crystal of patience or whatever and Simon should take over the prophecy.
mike
8/27/2013 07:59:43 am
I don't think that Simon should take over the prophecy but I do like the tidbit about the green crystal death. Rather ironically poetic. Here that Will? Your fans have more imagination than you. 8/27/2013 08:53:19 am
Was that intended to be an insult, mike? Is this the YouTube comments section now, that we insult each other? Is that how low we've fallen?
mike
8/27/2013 09:03:03 am
Of course not Will, just a matter of fact statement
Bryce
8/27/2013 11:57:45 am
I'm gonna take a guess that both Simon and Alin get beat up really badly and it humbles them. Probably by Leah. Ill keep Alin in mind when reading the book but it will be harder to focus on the awesomeness that is Simon.
Ross
8/27/2013 02:29:29 pm
Perhaps Alin should be trapped in a room locked from the outside, full of old judges reciting boring poetry, and he can only leave once he starts enjoying it. This would be to force him to gain the patience required for the green sphere. That would be poetic justice. We could even make a reality tv show based on that.
MusicToDazzle
8/27/2013 03:57:04 pm
Not Leah, she has potential, but Alin is wood league by all means kill him
Jake
8/28/2013 06:14:27 pm
So Alin doesn't die in this book then. That being based on Will's comment about how we will think about him after this book.
Scweeb
8/27/2013 12:21:03 am
Hmm i wonder what is at the end of the hall? Maybe Valin himself is the last room and you become super saiyan when you defeat him :O
Brian S
8/27/2013 05:59:55 am
Note: WIll posted his picture in the Ancient City Con thread. Now we KNOW he hasn't made it to the end of the hall. ;-) 8/27/2013 08:54:11 am
That's not necessarily true, Brian. Nobody stays in Super Saiyan form all the time.
SSJ
8/27/2013 05:55:47 pm
Will is SSJ4 ...super saiyan 4!
Kal-El
12/18/2016 03:58:05 pm
Nah, he'll turn ssgss. Blue hair!
No, you go Super Saiyan Rose like Goku Black!
mike
8/27/2013 02:38:16 am
I see a future problem with the diamond. Eventually Simon will get it and then to make everything simpler (which is what the diamond does) he might kill everyone under the influence of the diamond. Just a guess. and the only reason that's plausible is because Will had said in another blog post that they might not all survive
Brian S
8/27/2013 06:01:17 am
I do
mike
8/27/2013 07:55:43 am
I have a feeling Brian, that Will is envisioning you as the character with the most gruesome death. That my friend, is not a guess
Brian S
8/27/2013 11:22:33 am
My goal is to attain a spot as a cameo character who dies a most gruesome death. Seams like I'm on the right track here...that being said, I should be perfectly safe now.
mike
8/27/2013 12:21:28 pm
And will of course, thought of me when he created Erastes, the Damascan Captain that will outlast everyone. Not even Will thought about killing me
Brian S
8/27/2013 03:12:26 pm
Ahh, see that 'Will', he can't even bother to capitalize your name. I think you should take that statement as his last 'will' and testament and have Erastes trip over a rock in the garden and break his neck. That 'will' fix him for slighting your name like that.
mike
8/29/2013 12:12:00 am
But if you look closer Brian, you'll see that I simply forgot to properly cite his name once. At the very beginning. And I can always blame that on auto correct.
Marcos
8/27/2013 03:57:52 am
Great start. Loved seeing the alternative perspective. 8/27/2013 04:26:17 am
Yep, I'll be there. I'm just attending because I've never been to DragonCon before; should be fun.
Ailema
8/27/2013 04:44:03 am
I was wondering if there are plans to publish House of Blades as an audiobook on Audible? It would be awesome if there are. I started using whispersync (or trying to anyway) with Blood Song. If House of Blades was an audiobook, I would snatch it up in a heartbeat.
Kelli
8/27/2013 08:01:44 am
I agree it would be awesome. Oddly enough I have been trying to use whispersync on the same book.
Ailema
8/27/2013 10:56:24 am
I've tried it on my Android tablet and phone. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can listen on the Audible app but it doesn't sync the page on the Kindle book.
Kelli
8/27/2013 04:55:28 pm
The Jack Reacher series
Kelli
8/27/2013 04:57:05 pm
Oops posted in the wrong place
Lindon
12/18/2016 04:01:01 pm
Nah, its good.
G3n3r1c Reader
8/27/2013 05:00:18 am
Thank you so much for posting the chap Will. I really appreciate it. But now i'm not going to sleep all of Wednesday and Thursday. Not until I have devoured Crimson Vault.
G3n3r1c Reader
8/27/2013 05:01:23 am
Any good book recommendations in the meantime?
FireToBlind
8/27/2013 04:06:46 pm
There are TONS of good books. Uh there is Harbinger its a self- publish too. Uh so many i cant think, Galactic Mage is good, so is The Innkeepers Son thats alright, A Crucible of Souls is good, A madness of Angles is good. Tons and Tons
Kelli
8/27/2013 04:58:37 pm
Jack Teacher series
G3n3r1c Reader
8/27/2013 09:22:13 pm
Thanx for the help guys. I have read quite a few of the recommended titles but i'll look into innkeepers son.
Alex
8/27/2013 05:20:40 am
Well I'm glad that another power in the dragons 13 has been shown. Hope there's more to come. It just seems like the other travelers have more diversity in their powers. But maby that's what makes the dragon 13 so good. Simplicity and maby future sayian powers. But seriously, what DID Simon get in the library?
Devin
8/27/2013 05:36:26 am
Lol, I know everyone is impatient to learn more. But don't worry, you'll learn a lot from the second book and many of the questions on this blog will be answered or built on in a few short days. :)
Sir Readsalot
8/27/2013 11:19:33 am
Wisdom man.... wisdom, but Simon has not yet discovered what that means
cameron
8/27/2013 10:54:38 am
Lol...The library thing has been bothering me too. I can't wait for the second book. Mr. Wight keep it up!!!
Brian S
8/27/2013 11:28:30 am
The library was explained. His reward for conquering the library was the opportunity to learn. It's jam packed with knowledge. Now if only Simon could read...He'd probably just complain that it isn't on a Kindle.
mike
8/27/2013 12:28:21 pm
Good lord Will I have another question. Well more than one but let's discuss on this one. When Indirial had used the Nye essence, he still had to breathe out of the box they first gave him. But all Simon had to do was breathe it in once and he could call it just like Benson's steel. Why is that?
mike
8/27/2013 12:32:03 pm
Oops actually I miss read that. Sorry, I thought that he physically had the box with him. Didn't process the part that he mentally thought about the box that they Eldest had given him long ago. My bad
Ben
8/27/2013 01:17:09 pm
I cannot decide if you posted this to satisfy us, or to torture us...
Devin
8/27/2013 01:28:47 pm
A healthy dose of both likely. Not too much longer though, a couple days tops.
Ross
8/27/2013 02:19:47 pm
Man, I loved it. But did anyone else notice a conspicuous lack of our ursine brethren? I seem to remember the bears with jetpacks flying in from Alinland to help Indirial take down the Naraka traveler in the first chapter of House of Blades. This is possibly a serious error, someone should tell Will.
Kelli
8/27/2013 04:19:20 pm
What did Simon get in the forge room were battled the flaming snake?
Kelli
8/27/2013 04:21:03 pm
were he battled not were battled
bludvein
8/27/2013 04:58:53 pm
*where*
Von
8/27/2013 10:56:41 pm
He doesn't get something from every room. Think of it, with the what I assume to be a large amount of rooms, it would be nigh impossible, not to mention improbable, that he would. Then again, I could be wrong.
Timot
8/28/2013 12:15:03 am
Feed Alin to the Dolls. The dolls all gain access to Elysia. Glowing, traveler dolls stalk and kill everyone. When you start to hear them in your head, you are next. Simon dies first. 8/28/2013 12:25:14 am
...maybe it's because I'm tired, but that actually sounds like a good idea to me right now.
Timot
8/28/2013 01:23:18 am
Nay nay! It would be comedy. Rest of story from Kai's POV as he chases his precious little dollies. He dies last, in bliss. They pet him, with knives. They comb his hair, until his scalp is bleeding and raw. They sing to him, songs of how everyone else screamed.
Alex
8/28/2013 05:19:10 am
So it's to be released tomarrow? What time I want to be first to buy it. Lol 8/28/2013 05:27:24 am
I will be the first to buy it. By virtue of not telling anyone it's up until after I purchase a copy.
Alex
8/28/2013 06:45:26 am
Well, thanks! I'm looking forward to this.
JWright
8/28/2013 06:45:31 am
I just want to know if Simon gets an ability involving the chains the Nye are always trying to choke him with. I can picture it in my warped little mind Azura in front of Simon in one hand and with his other he shoots out a chain like Scorpion from Mortal Combat, yelling,"Get over here!" pulling Alin to him to be impaled on Azura. 8/28/2013 07:46:24 am
If this was a fighting game, then Simon would absolutely have that ability. It's too awesome not to have. 8/28/2013 07:48:09 am
ATTENTION:
Mr.S
8/28/2013 09:27:43 am
Please remove it ASAP so I can get my new book!
Timot
8/28/2013 01:14:40 pm
You rule so hard. Look forward to the book. Don't let the money change you ;-). But take yourself a nice break, well earned. 8/28/2013 05:05:36 pm
Thanks, Tim! I don't know if I'm making quite enough money for it to change me, but it's enough to live on, which is shocking enough.
mike
8/29/2013 12:07:37 am
Hey Will I know you had said that the book will take a while to upload to Amazon but it's says it's already available. But when I tried to buy it if said it wasn't available in my country. (I live in USA) so is that part of the uploading process or is it fault of my own kindle?
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