The Mantis Equilibrium - Book Two - 33. Chapter 33 - The Beginning

Both the Principal Messiah and Vion incurred horrible deaths. Eroli died killing Vion. It was a sad ending. But, the key enemies who were responsible for the attacks on humans and shifts could not stand against our heroes, 

The crew were going to keep on attacking the Messiahs." Lahari stepped up to gaze out at the panoramic view. Then she turned back to Gawa and S’Kay and said, “This is just the beginning.”

This was a good and very interesting story full of individuals you care about. Thank you. I am looking forward to Book 3.

I hated Lahari's final pronouncement.  Will she turn on Tchama or Auntie Peg since both are technically Messiah?  Eroli was the only one of the original four that seemed to have any sense of moderation and control, hate that we lost him.

This book made me sad overall; I did love the introduction of Ninyani and the joy he took in getting to see what choices he has.  But the retaliatory deaths and the hate on both side just made some of this hard for me to continue with.

Well this chapter answered a couple of questions while poising a couple more...

In this type of conflict there are terrible costs and a severe price to pay, will the victors get their shite togetherand figure out where and how to go from here, or will they descend further into madness...

Needless to say, part of this chapter had me reminding me of a song, shown below, the vid is of poor quality but nevertheless...

2 hours ago, centexhairysub said:

I hated Lahari's final pronouncement.  Will she turn on Tchama or Auntie Peg since both are technically Messiah?  Eroli was the only one of the original four that seemed to have any sense of moderation and control, hate that we lost him.

This book made me sad overall; I did love the introduction of Ninyani and the joy he took in getting to see what choices he has.  But the retaliatory deaths and the hate on both side just made some of this hard for me to continue with.

 

thank you incredibly much for sticking through it! the second part of the story felt like it needed to descend into the depths, so that what's coming in part three can be a strong contrast. i really hope you'll come back and see where all this is leading! also, part three is not the end, this is an ongoing series that i'm writing and some of my characters are going to have to grow and learn a lot in order to progress. again, thank you so much!

5 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Eroli was the only one of them with a semblance of morality. It's tragic he died and unnecessary. Why didn't Lahari kill them with zero risk?

This is just the beginning? Where do they go from here?

when i created Agrell's character, i knew right away what was going to happen to her, but with Eroli i didn't plan on his death until i had already written a lot of this book. i didn't initially realize when i was noting out the chapters that he was going to die, but partway through writing, i realized that his would be the most tragic of the four Bio-Shifts at the end... it was inevitable

thank you so much for reading my second book!

2 hours ago, drsawzall said:

Well this chapter answered a couple of questions while poising a couple more...

In this type of conflict there are terrible costs and a severe price to pay, will the victors get their shite togetherand figure out where and how to go from here, or will they descend further into madness...

Needless to say, part of this chapter had me reminding me of a song, shown below, the vid is of poor quality but nevertheless...

 

yes, that's a good comparison, but unlike the singular villain of the wicked witch of the west (who i named my dog after 😍), there are lots more Messiahs to come along and claim the position that has now been vacated. Thank you so much for reading my second story in this series!

5 hours ago, scrubber6620 said:

Both the Principal Messiah and Vion incurred horrible deaths. Eroli died killing Vion. It was a sad ending. But, the key enemies who were responsible for the attacks on humans and shifts could not stand against our heroes, 

The crew were going to keep on attacking the Messiahs." Lahari stepped up to gaze out at the panoramic view. Then she turned back to Gawa and S’Kay and said, “This is just the beginning.”

 

This was a good and very interesting story full of individuals you care about. Thank you. I am looking forward to Book 3.

 

wow, thank you so much for the kind words! i'm glad you felt strongly about my characters, and book three will be coming soon 💀 i can't wait for you to meet the new characters and see where the story goes!

Thank you again, everyone! To give you a little tease, the beta-reader who was the very first person on the planet to read books 1-3 in this series described them as thus:

The Mantis Variant - Book One = gory killy death stuff with adventures.

The Mantis Equilibrium - Book Two = *goes to a drag show* The badies are getting killed and things are pretty good.

The Mantis Corruption - Book Three = actual nightmare fuel not for anyone with a weak stomach.

(i can't wait to share my third book with you all! Cheers!)