Phew, it's been a long and grand year of 2019, one of the best yet for me personally. This has kept me busy, hence the slowdown. But I'm not finished with this story. Far from it. I will eventually rewrite the second book for minor things, but only after completing the third book.

Here is an overview so far. The rewrite to the first book, The Book of Gideon is almost complete.

There are three different character arcs.

Gideon's arc: Complete

Sol's arc: 5 chapters left

Amy: 4 chapters left

I have greatly enjoyed writing Amy, far more than the previously cut character Tetra. I say there are still around 9-12 chapters left in general. I estimate little bit more because even when I finish a character's arc, there are sometimes leftovers.

The third book, dubbed 'Hell's Pursuit', which has a teaser released (link below), will culminate with many characters finally crossing paths. The teaser really only makes sense if one read Book 2, the book of Soltana; fair warning.

I see the rewrite of Gideon completed by early next year and the start of Book 3, Hell's Pursuit.

For the book of Gideon, I have greatly enjoyed the rewrite. Amy is turning out to be a fun antagonist character, whose arc deals with her relearning everything since her crippling and imprisonment, meeting some key characters, and generally getting into mayhem thanks to Gup, the demon Thief.

Gup intended to be an imp that was slain by Lucifer, letting readers know that not only was she real, but she was a threat. I then liked the character so much, I decided to keep him as Amy's first pet demon. Funny how that works out. Draws some similar parallels to Baxter and Gideon, except more antagonistic. For book 2, Amy had left her demons behind in their collection for that particular mission.

In the latest release for The Book of Gideon, chapter 28 - Duel, Amy meets a familiar boy from the Prologue, Alistair Vaughn, on a demon controlled planet of Thal. What more will this bring? Tune in to find out. I had intended for Alistair to have his own book. I intend to release a book for Alistair the strongman, Saoirse the witch (a brief cameo in book 2), and Kheros the undead, possibly bundling them as either a single book or split. In this case I felt Alistair fit best tagging up with Amy for shenigans. Amy's chapters have helped with my writing as they are legitimatly new writings.

Sol's story will deal less with ambiguous dreams, but will pretty much remain the same; I love her story and character. Book 2 rewrite will be more about grammar editing that I've learned from my writing group. That edit will of course be after book 3.

Once again, the church will have its own focus in future books. As I complete book 1, you'll see why.

Until next time and Merry Christmas!