I’m staggered to report that Book 8 is DONE! EVERYTHING IS DONE! You can find all of the chapters here: https://www.youtube.com/@forestedgebooks/playlists
Almost exactly 15 years ago I started writing what I thought would be a short story.
Today I recorded the very last chapter of nine books, and said, “The End” as I finished it.
(Then I may have sobbed a little in my closet and tried to figure out what to do with my life.) This series has been such a huge part of my life. I was feeling both elated at my accomplishment, and utterly deflated at its conclusion.
Then I took a walk as the Florida sun was setting, trying to dry my tears and balance my emotions.
And then in my mind’s eye I saw a tall man, pacing back and forth in front of a line of trees. He’s been pacing there for a while now, and suddenly I realized it was his turn. I walked up to him (but only in my head; in real life, I paused to look gaze out over a canal looking for alligators–I saw only some large fish and turtles today), and I asked the man, “Lek Shin?”
He answered, “Yes, and it’s about time you came to ask my story.”
“It’s about time you tell it to me.”
I came home an hour’s walk later with about 20 pages of material. Who knows how long it will take to finally get this book to you, but now names, connections, politics, and relationships are revealing themselves.
Lek is a lot more talkative than I expected. Check back in a few months or a year or so. I hope to have something for you then.
Now, on to the NEXT 15 years!
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