by Skyler Grant
I let her pick her own successor to rule Diamate. The city had a unique culture and populace I still didn't completely understand.
I had more resources now than I'd ever had to conduct SCIENCE and a whole universe full of possibilities to explore. I wished I felt better about it, but I couldn't keep the politics out of my head.
Vinci hadn't bent the knee and she’d proved willing to take great risks to obtain the Beryl. I didn't know what all three crystals could do if combined, and I expected Vinci wanted to find out. She would want the Agate. I didn't doubt we had spies and traitors among us, it was how the Scholarium operated. If she didn’t know already, Vinci would soon learn the Agate now rested inside Anna and the only way to get it was to destroy everything we had.
It might not be today, but a fight was coming. It made even SCIENCE bittersweet.
Coming Soon
The Nation
Earth has been restored from a broken series of disconnected planes into a single world once more, but the struggle is not done. With the world restored the reason for the Cataclysm becomes clear and the factions square off. The Righteous have been forever transformed by the reunification, Vinci’s fleets fill the sky, and those who once held power begin to plot and plan to get it once again. Will a new threat be enough to unify them?
Afterword
If you've gotten far enough to read this let me just thank you so much. When I wrote The Laboratory, I had no idea if anyone else would be into this crazy idea in my head and the response of fans to this series has been inspiring. Emma and Anna have both come a long way, both made mistakes they've had to fight their way out of, and made bold moves that have sometimes paid off.
If you make a habit of reading these notes you know that a goal of mine was always to see what happens after the dungeon. What happens if you kept moving out of the walls a game set up for you and take some of the same mechanics into the larger world. Emma is still making drones to defend her resources; those drones just now happen to be a civilization of humans.
There is more to come. The next book I release is going to be the first in a new series taking into account all the feedback I've ever gotten from fans. Longer, a crunchier game system, some neat mechanics that are going to blow you all away. If you want news on it join the mailing list and stay in the loop, The Nation will be coming soon afterward and is going to be a great mix of these characters further developing and action.
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