WARNING: This post contains spoilers from A Test of Honor.
As some of you already know, the sequel to A Test of Honor is already underway. I am currently charging through chapter 12 of the rough draft, and if I can keep up my hectic writing schedule, I’m hoping to have the book finalized and available in the Kindle Store by late October. Its title will be “The People’s Champion.”
The rebellion has had impressive early successes and is beseiging Klauston. However, they’ve suffered their share of setbacks including the untimely death of their latest Marshall. The People’s Council, a mixture of Landborn Nobles and Common community leaders who are the official leaders of the rebellion, has been vaccilating over who will take command of their army and the egos of the more ambitious Council Members threaten to undermine the war effort.
Aidan and his friends, in an attempt to get the army to continue making progress and to fend off a new threat of invaders from the western archipelligo of Peyrola, take five thousand troops to pacify the invaders and to help an unlikely friend on a personal quest. Impressed with the results of his excursions, the Council rewards Aidan with a title not used in seven hundred years – The People’s Champion. Granted broad authority with his newfound title, Aidan continues to walk a fine line between being a warrior and preserving his own humanity, and drifts closer to the brink of despair than he ever expected.
The People’s Champion will expand on the themes of A Test of Honor – the nature of war, pragmatism versus ideals, and pit Aidan against ruthless enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy him and his friends. It will also reveal more about Caledonia’s history and answer some of the questions that naturally arose from A Test of Honor.
If you’re finished reading A Test of Honor and haven’t left a review yet, please let me know what you think on Amazon or Goodreads today! I really do want honest feedback because it helps me improve as an author. Thank you all, I couldn’t do this without you!