REAPERS - Book Two: The Hunger and the Sickness has now been uploaded to Wattpad in its entirety! It is a completed novel-length collection of Staves 8 through 14, continuing the story from Book One.
The ancient legends say the goddess of Fate, daughter of Old Trickster, was born without a heart in her hollow breast—and never has it seemed more true. Reaper Team 3 has been shattered and reforged, sent far beyond the front lines and into the remote hinterlands in search of their lost comrades and a meaning behind the strange works of the hobgoblin empire. Meanwhile, intrigue unfolds in the capital city of Camshire, where powerful figures battle with words and knives over the destiny of the Reaper program and the geopolitical landscape as a whole. Familiar faces return changed and new ones emerge to be tested as the future of the Nation and humanity itself swing in the scales.
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Here are a few words from an early reader:
"The Reapers have been scattered to the wind by Book One's climactic events at Fort Nothing, and the reverberations of that battle are still rearranging the political and social reality of this unnamed, sun-bleached hellscape of a fantasy world. [...]
With the characters branching off in new directions, we spend most of this book exploring the arcane nooks and crannies of the Reaperverse, and developing the individual journeys of our "heroes". The Thorntons continue to impress with the reach and girth of their world-building, and splitting everyone up helps to disrupt the static team dynamic of Book One. [...]
The Thorntons have a unique ability to pack vivid description into easily digestible prose, often delighting with clever turns of phrase. The characters offer unique insights into the human condition in what seem like casual, tossed off thought processes germane to the unfolding story. I heartily recommend this series and eagerly await future installments!" - Zack Mosley
