The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #573: Thirteenth Hour Sequel Update 22 - Title Reveal and Logan's Party

I have finally come up with a title for The Thirteenth Hour sequel - Dare.  In many ways, that's what the book is about.

There are a number of characters that accompany Logan on his journey to find Aurora after she is spirited away:

-Tinder: an full blooded eleven youth from a well- off family who has chosen to distance himself from the family business (and a a life of privilege) by making his living as a nomadic minstrel.  Well educated and an experienced competitive fencer ...

-Haylee: a middle aged researcher and professor of linguistics at the National Wild Land University who comes from humble beginnings (her father was a shepherd) and has worked hard to distance herself from poverty.  The trade off is she has had little time for developing other interests, friendships, and romantic partnerships ...

Kayla: a mute half elf woman who, like Tinder, has lived a nomadic life, but unlike him, not by choice.  A naturally gentle person, she also has an understated, fierce independence stemming from being able to trust few others besides herself. ...

The Wayfarer: a giant, nonmute half elf who is somewhat of a rebel without a cause.  His main life’s mission was to help his people regain their (in his words) rightful land (the Dark Forest) that was taken by King Darian IV.  Due to a series of events that was apparently not supposed to happen, he was killed in a battle with the Imperial Army and is resurrected when the Dreamweaver, the Overseer of the Land of Dreams,  realizes the error ...

Logan: the protagonist of The Thirteenth is now about ten years older.  He is living a hardy but pleasant, self sustaining existence on the Isle of Misfits with his wife, Aurora, and the half elf refugee community on the other side of the island.  That changes when mysterious strangers arrive from Aurora’s supposed homeland summoning her back for fulfill her family destiny.  When he wakes up one day and Aurora is missing, he fears the worst and decides to go looking for her, though he knows the chances of success are slim and it will take him far from his beloved island community ...

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More next week!

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