Paradise of Pretenders

The second folio of seven in THE LIGHT APPARENT and the sequel toA Dawn Obsolete, we see our characters continue stepping along in the direction that their lives, beginning to show shades of color, reveal. As such, if you are here, please read the first book ('folio' to refer to the way Shakespeare used to be released) if you haven't already!

Enter a new font in the original, Goudy Old Style, which being unavailable on Royal Road will be substituted by Merriweather. RELEASE SCHEDULE HAS RETURNED!A new chapter will be released (roughly) every 3 weeks.Please take your time with this book, and feel free to reread chapters or even book 1.

As before, you can find visualizations of the casthere. Simply images I am using to help see the characters in my mind, and are not intended to be my own creations in any manner. Various songs, fictional works, historical figures, words of the Bard, and many other references are used throughout. I do not write to infringe, only to continue a mode that has been neglected.

“The vision of her own personality, of herself as a real everlasting thing, different from anything else, unmergeable, like the sea or the wind, flashed into Rachel’s mind, and she became profoundly excited at the thought of living.”

VIRGINIA WOOLF,THE VOYAGE OUT

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