Phil’s Comments (group member since Jan 11, 2018)

Phil’s comments from the Lost Lore Readalong! group.

Jennifer wrote: "I’ve heard a ton about this author’s Black Gate series because of spfbo and I can see why it’s been so talked about.
In this short little window of Enderl’s life, I felt so many emotions for this ..."

Hi Jennifer, thank you for reading the story and for the kind words. This is indeed a moment of insight from the distant past into Enderl's youth - he's already in his fifties by the time the main series starts up, and, how should I put it, a divisive figure when you meet him.

However, I'm glad to say that the series does not focus on grim and brutal characters like this; one of the POV's starts off in a dark place, but the other five are people you can root for without qualms. Don't be put off the books for fear that you'd be in for a grimdark slog!

A few chapters of Book 1 will give you a much better sense of the series in relation to this short story than anything I could write here, so I encourage you to read the free sample on the Amazon book page if you're curious. Thanks again for giving my short story a read, and let me know if you have any more questions!

Laura wrote: "I had the pleasure of beta reading this one back when the anthology was in its early stages. A really effective tale told in a very short amount of time. I liked the sense of conflict at the end; a..."

Thank you, Laura! Very kind of you to say so :)

Hello everyone!

I'm Phil Tucker, author of The Chronicles of the Black Gate and the Godsblood Trilogy.

My current jams:
Dead paper: October, by China Mieville
Ebook: Just finished The Dream-Quest of Vellit Boe
Audio: Listening to a long episode of Hardcore History
Computer game: Witcher 3 (it takes bloody forever to finish this thing. Luckily.)
Boardgame: None! Alas! Curses!
DnD Campaign: Curse of Strahd, as DM'd by the wonderful Benedict Patrick :)
Sleep: Sleep? Nobody sleeps with toddlers and babies in the house.