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The Keepers of Warden's Rest Miniseries #8
Class Warfare: The Keepers of Warden's Rest - Episode 8
When conventional magic fails, weaponize everything else.When Warden's Rest Academy is challenged to a tournament by the prestigious Goldspire Institute, Alden Voss knows they're in trouble. Goldspire has produced centuries of legendary mages, royal advisors, and war heroes. Warden's Rest has Alden's collection of beautiful disasters.
The snobs from Goldspire take one look at Alden's students—anxiety-powered furniture levitation, "useless" sparkly magic, and tactical use of panic attacks—and already assume victory. That was their first mistake.
But when tournament pranks turn into serious sabotage and students start getting hurt, Alden realizes someone wants more than just a trophy. They want Warden's Rest humiliated, discredited, and destroyed.
Time to show these prestigious prats what happens when you underestimate a janitor-turned-teacher and his magnificent misfits. Goldspire teaches magic by the book. Alden teaches survival by any means necessary.
At the inter-academy tournament, the only rule that matters is the one Alden taught when conventional magic fails, weaponize everything else.
May the best disasters win.
The snobs from Goldspire take one look at Alden's students—anxiety-powered furniture levitation, "useless" sparkly magic, and tactical use of panic attacks—and already assume victory. That was their first mistake.
But when tournament pranks turn into serious sabotage and students start getting hurt, Alden realizes someone wants more than just a trophy. They want Warden's Rest humiliated, discredited, and destroyed.
Time to show these prestigious prats what happens when you underestimate a janitor-turned-teacher and his magnificent misfits. Goldspire teaches magic by the book. Alden teaches survival by any means necessary.
At the inter-academy tournament, the only rule that matters is the one Alden taught when conventional magic fails, weaponize everything else.
May the best disasters win.
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2025
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April 20, 2026
Fun core idea, editing errors bring it down
I’m enjoying the series so far, but the last few books have all had editing issues. For example, characters repeat the exact same statements in different parts of the book as if it’s the first time they’re saying it, one chapter may close by setting a scene, and the next chapter opens by setting the scene again, etc. Or weird continuity errors that just take you out of the story.
This book continues to struggle with those editing issues. Repeated statements show up again. They are challenged by a specific school to a competition, even mentioning how they’re glad it’s not another school, only for it to suddenly turn into a multi-school competition and that other school they were worried about is also competing, but they basically aren’t even considered a challenge throughout. At one point the team you’re rooting for does so well they’re immediately escalated to 2nd place from 5th, and they continue to dominate from what is detailed in the story, only at the end of the day for them to be 3rd with no real explanation why.
These issues aren’t huge, but they take you out of an otherwise enjoyable story. I continue to look forward to the series, but hopefully the editing gets a bit more focus to tighten up the story.
I’m enjoying the series so far, but the last few books have all had editing issues. For example, characters repeat the exact same statements in different parts of the book as if it’s the first time they’re saying it, one chapter may close by setting a scene, and the next chapter opens by setting the scene again, etc. Or weird continuity errors that just take you out of the story.
This book continues to struggle with those editing issues. Repeated statements show up again. They are challenged by a specific school to a competition, even mentioning how they’re glad it’s not another school, only for it to suddenly turn into a multi-school competition and that other school they were worried about is also competing, but they basically aren’t even considered a challenge throughout. At one point the team you’re rooting for does so well they’re immediately escalated to 2nd place from 5th, and they continue to dominate from what is detailed in the story, only at the end of the day for them to be 3rd with no real explanation why.
These issues aren’t huge, but they take you out of an otherwise enjoyable story. I continue to look forward to the series, but hopefully the editing gets a bit more focus to tighten up the story.
December 5, 2025
These are such fun books.
February 6, 2026
Better and better
Another dose of chaos with flexibility, fun and fellowship. Thank you, Jeremy Fabiano, for another good story. Please get it proofread.
Another dose of chaos with flexibility, fun and fellowship. Thank you, Jeremy Fabiano, for another good story. Please get it proofread.
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