Hey guys,

As you can see, this isn't a chapter. Some of you might know that I make my living writing books and selling them on Amazon. Unfortunately that means that I can't leave the last 90% of the story posted anywhere else once it's published on Amazon. This morning Darkening Skies went live on Amazon, so I had to take down everything from Chapter 5 and up. I hope you got the chance to finish reading it. If not, I'm sorry, but you can pick it up all edited and fancy on Amazon to find out what happens. And it's free with Kindle Unlimited, so if you read a ton every month, that's a pretty great way to go.

Thanks for reading, guys. Your suggestions and error-catching are top-notch, and I appreciate every one of your comments, ratings, and especially reviews. You all rule! I have some exciting stuff coming down the RRL pipe soon, including starting to post Path of the Thunderbird 2 and a short story featuring one of the Darkening Skies characters.

Whoops, almost forgot to put in the link. Here's Darkening Skies on Amazon.

Thanks again for being awesome,

elfshanx/eden

A boy abandoned at an ancient school of warrior arts. A princess bartered away as a treaty bride. A lurking evil with the power to topple the world.

Ji Yu Raijin is happy to live out his life serving his school, cultivating his life force, and learning the Path of Darkening Skies, an ancient and noble warrior art—until the day comes when he has to choose: remain true to the teachings of his path and allow his art to die out or commit an unforgivable sin and save the world.

Second princess Shyong San Koida was born the only cripple in a dynasty of powerful warriors. With a broken life force, the only way Koida can contribute to her family’s empire is by sealing a strategic alliance to a barbarian leader with her hand in marriage. But hidden forces within the court conspire to stop the union and obliterate the Shyong San dynasty at all costs.

At the intersection of the servant boy and the princess’s stories lies a secret, malignant art bent on destroying not only them, but the entire world.

Darkening Skies is the first novel in the Path of the Thunderbird series, for fans of wuxia, xanxia, cultivation novels, demon beasts, and all styles of martial arts. Darkening Skies is written by eden Hudson, enthusiastic but terrible martial arts student and best-selling author of Jubal Van Zandt and the litRPG fantasy Rogue Dungeon.