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"Have you ever heard of a place where the custom is for friends not to touch each other?"

Adrian knows that friendship is a fundamental custom of all mankind. Or so he thinks, until his closest friend discovers a mysterious journal.

A commentfic for schneefink. This story can be read on its own, but it does have spoilers for the chapters of "Law Links" that I have already posted.

Online fiction: Famine or Feast at AO3.

Series: The Three Lands.

Series resources: The Great Peninsula: series resources for The Three Lands.

"Sometimes I feel that he is as mysterious as the gods, and that he is hiding something of vital importance from me. Something that would transform my life."

Few events are more thrilling in a young man's life than a blood feud between two villages. Or so Adrian thought.

Torn between affection toward his traditional-minded father and worship of his peace-loving, heretical priest, Adrian finds himself caught between two incompatible visions of his duty to the gods. Then the Jackal God sends Adrian a message that will disrupt his world and send him fleeing to a new and perilous life.

• Latest chapter: Chapter 15/27. Beginning of "Law Links 4: The Bird."


• Online fiction: Law Links at AO3.


• Free multiformat e-book: Law Links.


• Series: The Three Lands.


• Series resources: The Great Peninsula: series resources for The Three Lands.

"'You have committed a vile and savage act, one that any other nation would punish with death. Our punishment, on the other hand, will only be to give you what you want. You have sought to live in a world without boundaries of civilization, and such a world shall henceforth be your dwelling place.'"

A cold-hearted murderer. A vicious abuser. A young man hiding a shameful secret. A bewildered immigrant. A pure-minded spy.

All of these men have found their appointed places at Mercy Life Prison, where it is easy to tell who your enemies are. But a new visitor to Mercy is about to challenge decades-old customs. Now these men's worst enemies may be hiding behind masks . . . and so may their closest allies.

• Latest chapter: Chapter 12/23.


• Online fiction: Mercy's Prisoner at AO3.


• Free multiformat e-book: Mercy's Prisoner.


• Series: Life Prison.


• Series cycle: Turn-of-the-Century Toughs.

"He tried to keep his voice calm, though his pulse was racing."

Time is running out.

Vito de Vere has ten days to prepare for his performance in the Eternal Dungeon's first play. He may have fewer days than that to fight for his career and to save his prisoner's life.

As the Eternal Dungeon prepares for the greatest change it has ever undergone, Vito must prove his worth by breaking and transforming a criminal. Nobody else is likely to manage it. And nobody but himself cares so passionately whether his prisoner survives.

As an actor, Vito portrays the qualities of courage, love, truth, and trust. Now he must find the strength to take those qualities into the breaking cell.

• Latest chapter: Chapter 3/15.


• Online fiction: Truth and Trust at AO3.


• Free multiformat e-book: Sweet Blood.


• Series: The Eternal Dungeon.


• Series cycle: Turn-of-the-Century Toughs.

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