Breaking the Reign of the Dead

A Pathfinder Novel

H. Rad Bethlen

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Breaking the Reign of the Dead will be distributed serially. With installments being released every Wednesday between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. central standard time, U.S.A.

There are 47 chapters in total.

As each chapter is released the eBook and .PDF files will be updated with the most current chapter and will available for download.

The release dates are:

21 May 2025: Author Preface and Chapter One: A Pressed Flower, Grain Exports, Aired Thoughts, and a Warning

28 May 2025: Chapter Two: A Visit Denied, a Queen in Her Chambers, Hunting, and the Stirrings of Life

4 June 2025 : Chapter Three: Broaching a Sensitive Subject

11 June 2025 : Chapter Four: Obsession

18 June 2025 : Chapter Five: A Contemplation, A Quest

25 June 2025 : Chapter Six: A Meeting, an Epiphany Expressed, Discord

2 July 2025 : Chapter Seven: Those Who Remained

9 July 2025: Chapter Eight: Conquest Day

16 July 2025: Chapter Nine: The Former Duke Between the Rivers Receives an Unexpected Guest

23 July 2025: Chapter Ten: The Boon of Observance

30 July 2025: Chapter Eleven: Four Meetings Under a Full Moon

6 August 2025: Chapter Twelve: A Growing Intimacy, a Departure, and an Unwelcome Interruption

13 August 2025: Chapter Thirteen: A Bet and a Hedge, an Excursion, and Meeting Geb

20 August 2025: Chapter Fourteen: Patience and Faith

27 August 2025: Chapter Fifteen: All of One Mind

3 September 2025: Chapter Sixteen: Four Meetings Under a New Moon

10 September 2025: Chapter Seventeen: A Queen Asserts Herself, an Office Shared, and Office Saved

17 September 2025: Chapter Eighteen: News and Needs

24 September 2025: Chapter Nineteen: Storm Clouds Gather, a Light Shines Through

1 October 2025: Chapter Twenty: Three Nights, One Day

8 October 2025: Chapter Twenty One: Going Away

15 October 2025: Chapter Twenty Two: Powerless

22 October 2025: Chapter Twenty Three: To See the Dawn

29 October 2025: Chapter Twenty Four: A Falling Out

5 November 2025: Chapter Twenty Five: A Meeting with Death

12 November 2025: Chapter Twenty Six: Only Lovers Remain

19 November 2025: Chapter Twenty Seven: The Spell Scarred

26 November 2023: Chapter Twenty Eight: The Key, the Call

3 December 2025: Chapter Twenty Nine: Home

10 December 2025: Chapter Thirty: The Burning Edge

17 December 2025: Chapter Thirty One: Geb Speaks, Nex Listens

24 December 2025: Chapter Thirty Two: A Closed Door, an Open Door

31 December 2025: Chapter Thirty Three: A City Possessed by Joy, a House by Sorrow

7 January 2026: Chapter Thirty Four: Leaving Home, Not Going Home

14 January 2026: Chapter Thirty Five: A Home No More, a Home to Protect

21 January 2026: Chapter Thirty Six: Geb

28 January 2026: Chapter Thirty Seven: Trust Betrayed, Pride Made Manesfest

4 February 2026: Chapter Thirty Eight: The Light of a Fire Reveals

11 February 2026: Chapter Thirty Nine: The Calm Before the Storm

18 February 2026: Chapter Forty: The Storm begins

25 February 2026: Chapter Forty One: The Unexpected

4 March 2026: Chapter Forty Two: The Deluge

11 March 2026: Chapter Forty Three: The Breach

18 March 2026: Chapter Forty Four: Fear and Faith

25 March 2026: Chapter Forty Five: Refuge

1 April 2026: Chapter Forty Six: To Realize, to Rally

8 April 2026: Chapter Forty Seven: Reconstruction and Author's Afterward

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