The Vigilante Chronicles Boxed Set 1
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“I put a little sticker on his suit when he wasn’t paying attention.”
Barnabas snorted and bit his lip. “Hello, Jeltor,” he said as the Jotuns approached.
“You’re getting better at recognizing us!” Jeltor sounded pleased.
“I… Er, yes.”
Liar.
I can’t admit to him that they all look like blobs of grape jelly to me. He’ll be crushed.
Shinigami scowled at him. You shouldn’t lie, she said primly.
Where is this sudden streak of morality coming from?
She snickered and looked at Jeltor. “So, how is the party going?”
“Very well.” Jeltor smiled as fireworks exploded above. “It’s not every day you avoid getting crushed to death by a dreadnought, after all.
“And we are drinking in memory of those we lost in the battle.”
Shinigami studied her hands. When she had been an avatar, she could just disappear rather than decipher what to do with her expression. She bit her lip.
“Plus,” Jeltor continued, determinedly cheerful, “now we have to go back and get hauled up on treason charges by the Senate while we try to haul them up on treason charges, so we might as well have a good party before we go. We won’t be getting any for a while, I think.”
“Would you like us to testify?” Barnabas asked him.
“I’d like you to get Gar before he’s sick in the pool.”
“Dear Lord.” Barnabas stood and hauled Shinigami to her feet. “I forgot that we didn’t give him the upgrades to make him impervious to alcohol.”
“He said he didn’t want them. I think Luvendan was a bit on the boring side and he’s been wanting to cut loose. You know, get drunk, get in bar fights—that sort of thing.”
“I’m going to regret bringing him aboard, aren’t I?” They headed off through the trees. “Next time, we go somewhere with no bars.”
“If you go somewhere with no bars, how are you going to find trouble to fix?” Shinigami frowned at him.
“There was that distress signal we picked up earlier today—the one from that farming planet. We could start there and see what we find. And you’ve clearly never lived in a monastery. There’s always trouble, regardless of whether there’s a dive bar for it to happen in.” Barnabas looked at the sky with a grin. “There’s always trouble,” he repeated. “So let’s get Gar, feed him some coffee, and go find it.”
FINIS
Justiciar
The story continues in book 5, Justiciar, available now at Amazon and through Kindle Unlimited.
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Author Notes - Natalie Grey
Written July 20, 2018
Thank you for reading Paladin! As always, diving into the Kurtherian universe has been amazingly fun, and I can only hope you’ve had as much fun as I have when writing. With Tafa’s recovery, Gar growing into his abilities, and Barnabas and Shinigami forging a true friendship, there’s a lot to root for, and that’s the type of series you really hope to get to write.
The publishing team has, as always, been amazing. Jeff with his amazing covers, Lynne and her team on editing, Steve helping all of us stay on task, Michael bouncing plot ideas around with me, and the beta readers helping me keep everything tight! I’m lucky to work with this team and in this world.
There’s a lot coming up this year: more Dragon Corps, more Barnabas, and (as we go into next year) some more of Nicky’s story, as well as a two-book series of steampunky, dragony adventures! I can’t wait to share it all with you, so definitely sign up for the mailing list if you haven’t already:
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Happy reading,
Nat
Author Notes - Michael Anderle
July 24, 2018
First, THANK YOU for reading through both this story to the end and my Author Notes.
Just the other day, Natalie reached out through our Slack channel and asked for story ideas for our pals Barnabas and Shinigami, and how we might want to tell them.
I suggested that we go ‘on the road.’ Of course, it’s obvious you can’t quite go on the road in space, but the idea is there in principle. So, my version was to go to different areas (maybe space stations?) and track down those messing with people and adjudicating a little Barnabas Justice along the way.
He might swing through and say hi to the peeps from time to time, but this would be the road show for the two of them (and the rest of the team).
BUT, as I considered what to write in these Author Notes, I wondered what YOU would tell Natalie if she had asked? If you have ideas, why not send them to her? You can find her at her Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/nataliegreyauthor/ .
GO ahead…reach out!
Personally, I hope about thirty (30) of you do this, and pummel her (in a good way) with all sorts of directions you hope to see Barnabas and Shinigami head in!
For those interested, Bethany Anne will be making a return August 10, 2018 (about two and a half weeks from when I’m writing this) and this time, Michael is responsible for a little baby-sitting.
However, there is a reason he was able to last over a thousand years on Earth and it had a lot to do with his ability to see into the future and figure out what he needed to keep his sanity.
(It’s a pretty cool solution, and I want one or three myself.)
However, it has a drawback, and John Grimes might find out first-hand the challenges of Michael’s…toy.
Finally, it’s time they get serious about building a barbeque pit, but the Queen has put her size seven-and-a-half shoes firmly down on where she doesn’t want it, on pain of pain if they fail to listen to her.
Will Michael do that? Or, is he truly that stubborn?
Check out the pre-order (sometime soon) to make sure you have it when Amazon drops it at midnight Aug 10th.
I hope your summer is FANTASTIC. We will be publishing another twenty books to keep you up all night and sleeping all day before summer ends!
Ad Aeternitatem,
Michael
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