The first draft of The Prophecies of Zarune, Volume III is Complete!

 I'm super excited to announce that the first draft of The Prophecies of Zarune, Volume III is complete as of today. It clocks in at 134,842 words. For reference, Ashbound Oaths was 118,600 and Relentless Blades was 116,400. I can proudly say that I've completed the trilogy and hope to have the book published by the end of 2026. Can't say for sure as there are so many factors outside my control, like Beta review timeframes, editing time, cover design, etc. That is my goal though.

I should also note that I edit as I go. It's not a deep-dive edit, but I do run spell-check and massage the prose so the finished product is something I could share and not be totally embarrassed. Of course, I need to do a full cover-to-cover edit next.

For now, I just want to savor this moment. 

I've been keeping a strict count of my word count progress since November 2025. You may get a kick out of it. I'm definitely not one who writes every single day, but I tried to be fairly consistent.

61,372   11/28/25

68,457   12/3/25

69,674   12/4/25

71,571   12/5/25

73,776   12/6/25

74,745   12/7/25

75,912   12/8/25

77,071   12/10/25

78,063   12/12/25

78,889   12/13/25

79,356   12/14/25

80,382   12/16/25

82,980   12/17/25

84,111   12/18/25

84,638     12/19/25

85,874     12/21/25

86,685     12/22/25

87,570     12/29/25

89,273     12/30/25

89,912     12/31/25

90,954     1/1/26

91,779     1/2/26

92,896     1/3/26

93,130     1/4/26

93,386     1/5/26

94,320     1/7/26

95,526     1/8/26

96,872     1/9/26

97,772     1/11/26

98,130     1/12/26

98,615     1/13/26

98,930     1/14/26

99,190     1/17/26

100,126   1/19/26

101,299   1/20/26

101,355   1/25/26

102,534   1/28/26

103,021   1/29/26

103,368   1/30/26

104,059   2/1/26

104,904   2/9/26

105,975   2/10/26

106,835   2/11/26

105,916   2/12/26

106,309   2/13/26

106,621   2/14/26

107 043   2/15/26

108,270   2/16/26

107,275   2/17/26

109,151   2/18/26

110,077   2/19/26

111,323   2/20/26

112,385   2/21/26

113,277   2/22/26

113,361   2/24/26

113,638   2/25/26

114,920   2/26/26

116,484   2/27/26

117,774   2/28/26

118,631   3/1/26

118,838   3/4/26

121,604   3/5/25

122,530   3/6/26

123,314   3/7/26

124,155   3/11/26

125,285   3/12/26

126,945   3/13/26

129,515   3/16/26

131,428   3/17/26

134,298   3/18/26

134,842   3/19/26