“I would rather have a dishonored son who is alive than a dead son who is exalted.” My mother’s eyes pleaded with me to hear the sense in her words before I got myself killed. “There is more to a man’s measure than his honor, Jace.”
“If I run from this, how will I ever know if that’s true?” My hand slipped out of my mother’s nerveless grasp and I left her there, alone, to face my fate.
Continue reading Hollow Core here.
Acknowledgements
HEY, YOU MADE IT TO the end of another book! I’m so glad you’re here! Let me be the first to say thank you for reading. Hake’s story took a turn for the dark this time, but there’s a light up at the end of the tunnel, and he’ll get there eventually.
As anybody who’s ever published a book can tell you, this process requires a lot more than just one crazy writer and a laptop. The hard work and support of dozens of people went into the making of Death Cultivator 2, and I can honestly say that you wouldn’t be holding this book in your hands or soul-trapping it on your Kindle if not for them. They are—in very esoteric but not significant order—
God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The causal chain goes back pretty far on this one, but suffice to say I only got this far because of Them.
The Op Boys and Girl, Will, Ronny, and Kensey, who will always have my heart. I assume. They haven’t given it back yet, anyway.
The team at Shadow Alley Press—chiefs of things, directors of stuff, most valuable editors, and a bunch of all-around sketchy characters who make this writing business fun.
My wyrd and wonderful named patrons on Patreon—Joseph Ottinger, Jess D. Astra, Loren Valliant, Austin Gibbs, MagicWafflez, Ryan Owens, Gabriel Boudreau, julius, Max MacLean, Will McKeon, Beldium, and evan peat—and my wyrd and sneaky unnamed patrons. I see you over there.
Tim McBain and LT Vargus, two amazing authors whose books everybody should be reading. They’re also really cool. Like, minus ten degrees before windchill cool.
And my Joshua, who makes my Spirit resonate like a tuning fork.
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