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The plot is developing really well and keeps getting more engaging as Evan and Nate’s relationship progresses. I like this a lot! One small thing in the following passage puzzled me a little. Why doesn’t Evan refer to his brother and sister by their names when talking about them?

@akascrubber @drsawzall @chrstphrl I thought Renn's storyline was fitting to end this way. He truly regretted his actions far too late, and the punishment is severe. We're getting very close to the end of this book now. There are only two narrators left. I may end up splitting them into two chapters after all, so there will likely be one short chapter followed by an epilogue.

A very well-written story. The plot keeps getting more and more interesting😊

Renn The dyehouse had been silent for a long time. Gathering his courage, Renn crawled out from beneath the ritual platform where he had been hiding. He rubbed his weary eyes and looked around carefully before straightening up. The movement sent a sharp stab of pain through his groin, but there was nothing new about that. Clenching his teeth, Renn took his first steps toward the door. The bodies had been cleared away. Only a couple of dried pools of blood remained to tell of the n

@Seraph28 Thank you, I'm glad you're looking forward to the upcoming chapters. This chapter was really intended as a kind of culmination of Book 4's main storyline. The only thing I'm not entirely satisfied with is how I ended up bringing the Faceless into the plot. After the events at Marta's house in Book 1, I simply couldn't come up with a meaningful way to tie the Faceless into the main story. In the end, that left me with little choice but to kill it off in this way. Every now and then, I regret starting to write before I had planned the overall story in greater detail. As a result, weaving all the different plot threads together has often been quite a challenging task.😓

Zaltarim Ragart adjusted his submachine gun again. His face was taut, and sweat gleamed on his bald scalp. It was easy to guess the merchant was itching to open fire and cut down the Fallen rampaging below in the dyehouse. Zal had given him no permission for that. It was horrific to watch the suffering of those being tortured. Especially knowing that, if he wished, he could have saved them from at least some of their pain. Zal himself felt the urge to shoot, but reason held him back. H

Thank you for the comments.❤️ More about the situation will be revealed in the next chapter, when Zal takes his turn as the POV character.

Thank you for the comment. Wryyt is a cunning rat who realized it was the perfect moment to slip away. Don’t worry — I have special plans for Renn and his Bluguh 😄

Jolanda Time, place — everything around her blurred, turned meaningless. Daddy! It couldn't be possible, and yet it was. Daddy was alive. Doptus whispered something, but Jolanda paid him no mind. She dashed forward toward the stage. Daddy! They had hung him from some kind of chain, suspended in the air. Why? Surely they wouldn't... a sacrificial altar! Jolanda threw herself at her father's feet. "Daddy!" she cried, receiving no answer. Was he...? Had they already...? Then str

You’re right — you can never be completely sure in advance how other people will react. And when it’s a teenager and his own parents, the situation is all the more frightening.

@akascrubber @drsawzall @Seraph28 Thank you for the comments. Rezak really did have this kind of fate planned for him from the very beginning — and a rather unfair one at that. In the next chapter, we return to the abandoned dyehouse.

For some reason, I had never read this particular story by Geron Kees before. I'm glad I finally did, because Effigy is a truly well‑written piece that gives the reader a lot to think about. It's a deeply thoughtful story, and the ending felt just right.

Rezak The sand field before the Imperial Army headquarters was rarely without people. Even now, a detachment of recruits was practicing bayonet drills along the edge of the field as Rezak rode Starpetal through the main gate. He noticed the recruits turn their heads. Everyone here recognized the commander of the Imperial Army and his night‑black stallion. He could have stopped to exchange a few words with the young recruits, to encourage them and instill courage for the trials ahead. T

@drsawzall @Seraph28 Thanks for the comments. Josel and Bartos are safe now — or at least for the rest of this fourth book. Little by little, we’re approaching the final climax of the book.🫣

The way I see it, the side plots in this story are so tightly woven into the main narrative that it’s hard to even say what the “main plot” is anymore. And now in the third book, it’s no longer possible to clearly name who the actual main characters are.☺️