Topher Lydon

17 The autumn air in Oak Creek possessed a crisp, biting chill that signaled the inevitable death of summer, but the true apex predator of Elm Street remained entirely unbothered by the changing seasons. He was a massive, battle-scarred ginger tabby cat with a notch missing from his left ear, a tail that kinked at an unnatural angle near the tip, and an attitude that bordered on the divine. The neighborhood had unofficially named him Barnaby, though he answered to no one. He was a cr

Merrick is tap dancing in dangerous territory. And even though Andrew's been distracted, the Dark Sovereign's awake, and watching.

Your well loved Aka, your posts always brighten my day

I'd be more concerned with Merrick's health, once Andrew gets through with him.

Who said it failed?

Peter will leave that connection for the RCMP, they have to have something to do.

there's a song that always makes me think of you Aka:

I kinda want to get one for my house. We all know Peter's going to mount that to his wall as a warning to all comers that he may be short, he may have the body of a 12 year old, and look like an altar-boy with a crippling case of Giant Blue Eyes, but he's vicious when he needs to be.

Hey at least he admits he's got rage issues, and has Therapy

The pamphlet was creased from being folded and refolded, the paper soft at the edges like someone had been worrying it for days. Peter found it in the back of Jason's nightstand drawer, tucked beneath a worn copy of The Catcher in the Rye and a tangle of charging cables. He'd been looking for Jason's spare house key, the one he always forgot, the one Peter had been asking him about for weeks. Instead, his fingers closed around glossy cardstock Finding Freedom: A Guide to Wholeness. P

Flynn's been written, consistently, as one of those guys who helps people. Who followed the spirit of the law, and didn't persecute with it. It felt like a natural extension of that to have the people who knew him step in.

Ha I get # signs with stuff behind it.

oh he can speak and dreamwalk to Andy, but that, I feel, didn't explain where Andy was... Kevin, handilly, provided the rest of the information. Funny fact, you can't read in dream states. Pick up a book the next time you dream and try to read it... so my logic even if Esca could see something, say an envelope with an address in the dream, it would not translate... just my take on it.

Goes to show how much life and light Lucas brings into Andy's world. Esca doesn't stand a chance when faced with a very determined son-in-law with a 1000-watt smile and a demented streak.

Families do have different ways of dealing with things, some might call the police and have you brought home, others might Raise the entirety of Eastern Europe with Tanks and Flamethrowers. Depends on how pissed Daddy is.

Jędrzej was a very naughty Childe, running off like that. It was only right that his father fetched him home.

I really enjoy this, and it deserves more exposure. Keep it up

Daddy knows best.

16 The vibrations started long before the screaming did. It was a low, subsonic tremor that traveled through the ancient bedrock of the Carpathian foothills, creeping up through the foundations of the castle and into the soles of Andy’s boots. It was a mechanical rhythm, heavy and relentless, a synchronized grinding of steel treads and heavy diesel engines. Panzer tanks. They were still miles away, navigating the winding, treacherous mountain passes, but Andy’s preternatural senses co

Exactly, Will grew up around the Major. He knows what he sees. I think in one of the chronologically later books, Recourse, he spots it again and calls Andrew on it, but that time he figures it out. Will, by that point, is more astute at what Andrew is hiding.

cool, I do worry sometimes that I am too opaque. This book was a bit difficult to write. The balance has been hard to find, and being set on guide rails for what the characters can and cannot know/do per established lore and Continuity is ... yeah. I feel sorry for Star Wars/Trek/Who writers who have to be tied in knots by so much... established lore. The Will not knowing about CSIS for another three years is... hard. It does make Will seem like a moron at points. A conceit of the situation, I am doing my best to try to keep things on track. Peter, for example, is a really hard character. When writing the original few books, Peter didn't exist. So working him in, leaves a glaring amount of continuity errors that ALMOST have me wishing I can go give an editorial pass over the older books. Just to make everything more consistent.

I have realized I am breaking one of my big rules. Explaining out of text what should be explained in the book. Thank you for the reminder to do better.