Unusual Enemies - A LitRPG Adventure (The Whispering Crystals, #2)

by Mills, H. C.

  Thanks to Piet van Tiggelen for helping me navigate the maze that is online marketing inherent to authorship these days.

  I want to thank my Patrons on Patreon for their generous support, and for engaging with me as a creator, especially my amazing top Patrons, Hoaxendras, MagicWafflez, and Kilsharion Land.

  I also want to thank my thousands of (beta-)readers on RoyalRoad for taking an interest in my tale, for providing much-needed feedback in all forms, and for pushing me to keep going.

  I want to thank my copyeditor, Shannon Page, for her gracious assistance in making my work less flawed.

  The cover was once again designed by Proi on 99designs, who continues to amaze me with the speed and quality of his work. Thank you very much!

  The title of this series—despite long, fruitful brainstorm sessions—ultimately comes from a random fantasy title generator. Frankly, I find this hilarious. I really only turned to it for some inspiration, but one of the first few results it spat out was ‘The Whispering Crystal.’ It was chillingly fitting, and I couldn’t get it out of my head.

  Finally, I would like to thank my fellow authors, who spin amazing tales that delight and inspire me. In the immortal words of Sir Isaac Newton: “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  H.C. Mills is a Dutch author, who dabbles in acting and singing in musicals, and even (play)writing them. He also taught physics and chemistry for a spell and once represented the Netherlands in the 2008 International Biology Olympiad, but please don’t hold that against him.

  As a physics-nerd, H.C. Mills naturally gravitates to hard magic systems, but he also enjoys writing comedy and romance.

  Like most authors worth their salt, he is a true sadist who takes pleasure in the mental anguish of his imaginary friends—or better yet, in making them cause their own suffering. He refuses to give them anything for free, but will usually leave a window cracked open for them somewhere, to escape whatever peril he plunges them in.

  Aside from The Whispering Crystals, H.C. Mills is mulling over and working on several projects. If you want to make sure you don’t miss any new releases of this series or other works, make sure you visit http://www.hcmillsofficial.com to sign up for his mailing list.

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