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Z. Bennett Lorimer Hi Filipa! Thanks for reaching out and for your thoughtful review. The Divine Heretic series is unique among the SFF series I'm publishing through HTP…moreHi Filipa! Thanks for reaching out and for your thoughtful review. The Divine Heretic series is unique among the SFF series I'm publishing through HTP. In the spirit of the classic sword and sorcery lines that inspired it, the series has an episodic format. Each story is somewhat self-contained, but there is a meta-story building in the background that rewards a chronological read.

I'm currently working from a seven novel outline that will bring Ruxindra's story to a satisfying conclusion. If the series sells well enough, I plan to take it much further than that. I have a lot of stories to tell in this setting, so I hope you'll stick around for many pages to come.

Book 2: What Lies Between is slated for publication on May 19, 2026, and should be available for pre-order early next year. Book 3: A Myrtle among Thorns will follow in Q1 2027.(less)
Z. Bennett Lorimer Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars series, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone series…moreKate Elliott's Crown of Stars series, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone series(less)
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“Ohtahp was a land of pathways. The rivers. The Shevuot. The vortex of Ish Dabar. A kingdom of veins pumping people and prayer with Mahakalpe at its beating heart. The land so reviled stillness that no other sedentary destination could survive it. Perhaps that’s why the nomads thrived while the cities failed. In this truth, I heard echoes of the Arrekot cleric’s declaration that only change was eternal and transition the true face of the Divine.”
Z. Bennett Lorimer, Seven Days of Mercy for the Apostatic Priest

“The Jokai are tricksters. It takes a special kind to master their ways. To learn the craft, you need to be hard as stone and soft as down. You have to be steadfast and compromising, logical and obtuse. You need to be just and capricious, merciful and cruel. To work the craft, you need to lie truthfully. You need to be honest and false, mysterious and bare. You need to bend in half without breaking. How many men do you know capable of containing so many contradictions?”
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“His cries echoed long after Klaeda’s crew dispersed, returning to the business of manning Tortuga. Those cries would continue for days and maybe weeks, for there was no release lurking in the blue void between the floating islands of Ciel—no sweet ground rising up to meet him. The Long Drop was torment stacked upon torment, and the Jokai stacked it all the way down.

Down, into the infinite sky.”
Z. Bennett Lorimer, Ardent Wings on Jealous Skies

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