Volume 5 • Beginning with Round 260 - 1 January 2023 Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club is created in partnership with the now-closed-forever Next Big Recognition Contest (NBR). Wayfarer's Lamppost Book Club aims to provide what no other book club has done-feedback on character arcs and plot progression across the entire book. We also offer beta reading and light editing options for partnerships. We seek primarily adult membership, but we will consider high school students with a proven track record in other clubs as well as quality writing and good reviewing skills. Except for Random, Non-Fiction, and Poetry, all genres and ratings are welcome, provided the stories meet Wattpad's content guidelines.

By the year of 2624 A.D, humanity has already constructed hundreds of planetary colonies throughout the Milky Way. With the help of extraterrestrial allies, mankind has settled itself comfortably in a safe spot within the predominantly peaceful community of the Galactic Council. Well, most of mankind. From the ashes of the Secession War rose multiple warring human states that challenged the way of life of Earth-based worlds. One such example was the Rukhovian People's Federation, also known as the PRF. The never ending conflict between the Counter Aggression Treaty Organisation and the brutal armies of the xenophobic PRF have raged on for another two bloody years. With war plaguing the human space, Earth's military alliance must find a way to keep every other warring human faction at bay without the help of her extraterrestrial allies. On the other side, hell bent on eradicating the authority of Earth and it's people, the Rukhovians will do whatever it takes to win the war, even if it needs to commit war crimes. But when the PRF decides to raise its twisted sword against the colony of Euphoria, the most brutal and bloodiest battle between the two human superpowers begins. As a new recruit in the USF's 25th Infantry Battalion, Raptor Company, Private Kevin Frost and his allies will lead the counter offensive against the PRF. Being the best of the best, Raptor Company will conduct multiple strategic and tactical strikes against the enemy. One thing is certain, Frost will not let Euphoria and it's people fall into the hands of an oppressive and murderous military government. Through his eyes, he'll show you war.

Jerome is at the height of his career as a United Nations Operative, his noble job has his skills placed on the line in low profile deployments all across the highly destabilized regions of the African Continent. Regardless of whether the public is aware of his actions, it is safe to say his dedication continues to ensure the stability of civilized society, even as the ongoing threat of a resource depleted Earth and Global Warming threatens to undermine all efforts. As an Operative, he is content with his place as a productive member of the special forces community in a world heading into an uncertain future. Until a mysterious rift appears in the icy wastelands of Antarctica, connecting our world to another beyond it, adding another variable, and perhaps perspective to his carefully crafted way of life.

(Highest Ranking: 37 in Science Fiction) In the 24th century, mankind has moved away from Earth, and spread to new planets. But, after uncovering a map to an ancient treasure, promising power and riches, humanity is now on the hunt. Now, an archeologist, a wanderer, a pilot and her crew, and the two best con artists in the galaxy will be thrust into an adventure unlike any in history...if they don't kill each other first.

Heroes. Ever since they showed up, people have gone soft. They're adored, worshipped. Devotion is showered upon them like rain. It's about time someone knocks them off that pedestal they stand on, someone to crush their pillars of faith. Someone like me. A villain. It's perfect. I'll be the undoing of heroes. ≠ disclaimer: very much needs to be edited, very much needs to be less corny and very much needs to be entirely rewritten by me. if you approach it as a goofy, corny, old 2015-esque superhero book then it'll be a great time. i'll be honest and say there are no pulitzers here. completed ✓ highest rank in sf: #9 cover: @narwhelly

TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK OF THE LAST NECROMANCER FOR FREE check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cjarcherauthor For five years, Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway has lived as a boy in the slums. But when one theft too many gets her arrested, her only means of escape lies with a dead man. Charlie hasn't raised a spirit since she first discovered she could do so five years ago. That time, her father banished her. This time, she brings even more trouble upon herself. People are now hunting Charlie all over London, but only one man succeeds in capturing her. Lincoln Fitzroy is the mysterious head of a secret organization on the trail of a madman who needs a necromancer to control his newly "made" creatures. There was only one known necromancer in the world - Charlotte - but now there appears to be two. Lincoln captures the willful Charlie in the hopes the boy will lead him to Charlotte. But what happens when he discovers the boy is in fact the young woman he's been searching for all along? And will she agree to work for the man who held her against her will, and for an organization she doesn't trust? Because Lincoln and his ministry might be just as dangerous as the madman they're hunting.