Book 22 progress

Now that the grad party has been over for a while, as of two days after my last writing update, I've been making decent progress again on Book 22. Currently, I have just under 23K words, so around halfway done. Based on my last update, I've added around 7K words in twelve days, so between 500-1000 words/day. Aside from writing, a lot of what I've done was resolving the details of the plot. I had to figure out the exact premise of the threat in this before I could really go on.

I also think I have a title for it and started work today to try to find an appropriate cover, although that's not going so well. I am leaning towards a title of LIGHT AND SHADOWS.

As a summary (not the official description), a lot of pieces are coming together in this with the Paxons and the forces preparing to attack the Issan installations. Nya is nearly done with her mission, but a report has reached her of a possible treasure of the angels and they investigate. What they find is a grim mystery, and the Paxons want to share in whatever is found. Tensions mount when L'Ni leads the expedition in a joint venture with the Paxons and members begin to experience hallucinations and lose contact with their ships. When members of the team begin to lose their minds, L'Ni must work quickly to learn whatever killed those on the world before history is repeated and the treasure of the angels is lost.

This is just a preliminary summary of what I have planned for this book. The story is one of an insidious psychosis that builds from a seemingly innocuous start into something terrifying. In a way, this one will be a psychological thriller with a bit of horror premise. It's one more plot variation in this series. No two books are alike, which is what has kept me going. Trying new types of stories within the canon of this universe I've created has been an interesting challenge that has been especially satisfying for me. (The most recent release, ALL THE KING'S MEN, was a medieval fantasy type plot, for example.)

I need to figure out the cover yet for this, but for now, you have an idea of the plot I'm working on.

Thanks for reading!