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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

1. I was surprised but it made total sense
2. hell yeah! That blew my fooking mind
3. the most epic chapters I've ever experienced
4. Again, made sense for Lucian
5. I knew it was a countdown from 8. Now I know why.
6. yes
7. YES!!!!!! 😱
8. Yes. But it was perfectly set up.
9. Amazing foreshadowing

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

Yes man, I felt exactly the same. Holy crap, you weren't wrong.

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

I am 1000% being honest. You deserve x1000000 times the success you already have.

I kept imagining a videogame or a film while reading it, with the most insane visuals ever. But it wasn't just spectacle, it was actually a DEEP story.

Like, HOW did you even do that? You're a fooken amazing author!

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

@jyrki-hameenniemi.bsky.social you read this book months ago, right? Why didn't you tell me it was THIS EPIC?

I knew Vivian Amberville was popular & I can finally see why. It deserves an audience of many millions + tv shows & videogames set in that universe.

Super original when Vivian cuts reality

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

The last 4-5 chapters felt like all the seemingly-loose threads were coming together into the most gorgeous tapestry.

The battle between Dhk'nembra, the cosmic dragon of Chaos, and the 8 Chaos Weavers, holy molly.

The ending was amazing but bitter-sweet. The reveals on the last page were INSANE.

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

Too many thoughts!

Extremely well-written. Genius even. Everything that was ever set up- down to the tiniest detail- had a massive payoff.

Super rewarding character arcs. The world, characters, events, core mystery, magics, cosmic horror = perfection.

It just felt like an epic grand finale to me.

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

Just finished reading "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" by @louiseblackwick.com & I am shooketh!😮

Hands-down THE BEST DARK FANTASY STORY I've experienced (including all films, tv series & games). Nothing comes close to this epicness by a longshot. 💙📚

Reading book 1 not obligatory, but helps.

There is a hard limit to human imagination. This story will take you far beyond that limit, beyond the fabric of reality itself.

In this book you will find characters that can:

manipulate luck, odds and circumstances (the ODDS WEAVER, Vivian Amberville)
remove, store and control physical pain (the PAIN PUSHER, Wolfgaar)
strip both objects and subjects of their shadow (the SHADOW STEALER, Djaar)
reduce the physical world to concepts and abstractions (the CONCEPT BREAKER, Gold)
create shifts in perception and/or gravity (the REALITY SHIFTERS, Yuresne and Circense)
pluck sound out of thin air and store it inside containers (the THUNDER BRINGER, Antuun)
absorb, hold and release darkness (the VOID WEAVER formally known as Allspice)

"Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" is the second instalment in the Vivian Amberville fantasy series by Dutch international author, Louise Blackwick. It centers on Vivian’s attendance at the “Alarian School of Thought”, a place where students learn the noble and dangerous art of “Weaving subtle Threads of influence into the fabric of reality”.

Joined by friends and challenged by foes, Vivian will have to master her ability to manipulate odds and circumstances, in a world now complicated by war, disease and political strife.

"The Book of Chaos" also features people who can rewrite history using a special type of "Ink". It includes individuals who manipulate entire nations by putting words into people's heads and watch those exact words take over. We explore the art of imbibing and imbuing one's intention into an object, and many more mind-over-matter powers.

Standing at over 220K+ words “The Book of Chaos” is a complex narrative tapestry that has taken the author over five and a half years to write.

If you're a fan of epic dark fantasy, with a new adult cast of characters, magical realism set in vast psychedelic worlds, rich Jungian themes and just a touch of Cosmic Horror, you're in for a real treat.

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 22h

Just finished reading "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" by @louiseblackwick.com & I am shooketh!😮

Hands-down THE BEST DARK FANTASY STORY I've experienced (including all films, tv series & games). Nothing comes close to this epicness by a longshot. 💙📚

Reading book 1 not obligatory, but helps.

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avidreader9.bsky.social @avidreader9.bsky.social · 23h

Pi-rats

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 1d

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Iranzy Art @iranzye.bsky.social · 23h

Unfinished painting from last year, should I finish it? Hhh

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 2d

#booksky

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 3d

There is currently a 50% discount on all my #Halloween & #horror short-stories & novellas.🩸📚

Download all 3 stories (& own them forever in 2 digital formats) for less than 5$!💙📚

1️⃣Jump into the Abyss!: bit.ly/4nES2Lq
2️⃣Reprobates: bit.ly/4mUIRVU
3️⃣The Underworld Rhapsody: bit.ly/4pSYJLv

#spooktober🎃

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the unnerving horror short-story of a man who gets buried alive over the festering remains of his late wife, Kassandra.

During his premature entombment, forty long nails are struck into Chase Chaperone's casket, plunging him deeper into Hell. This grim ritual is a dark operetta written in rhyming prose - an homage to Dante's Inferno - from which naught but the most vile of souls can escape. The man is subsequently set free from the coffin by the grotesque dwarf Eldritch, who in a fit of revenge, climbs onto his back and refuses to climb down. Chase is thus doomed to carry the parasitic dwarf atop his back for the rest of his days, while searching for absolution.

This Halloween special explores themes such as "death and decay", "justice" and "morality", in a forlorn world set outside the reach of modern civilisation.

Written in the grim and melodious style of Edgar Allan Poe, "Jump into the Abyss!" follows Chase Chaperone's descent into the far-reaching Abyss of his soul in a masterfully-written allegorical tale.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the surreal novella of a man's journey through Limbo.

Freshly arrived at the Totermann Inn, Marc Whitehouse couldn’t have known he was dead. Sir, no sir. Not now that Chantal Dublanc had so mysteriously entered his life; his afterlife. In his quest for the truth behind his early demise, he finds himself on a journey where past memories intermingle with present actions. He is not yet ready to call it a life. 206 heartbeats to peace. The hour is late, but Marc is yet to renounce his hope for salvation...

A surreal novella of love, loss and the afterlife, written in the captivating, dreamlike style of André Breton. “Reprobates” is an exquisitely written narrative of Life after Life, centered on Marc’s journey through Limbo.

Its style is heavy on allegory, at every step teeming with Underworld intrusions of the sacred into the profane.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" series, comes the surreal novella that will have you question the very foundation of your reality.

Under the influence of the powerful new psychedelic drug “Rhapsody”, Mario Fantoccio discovers the existence of an invisible reality overlaying our own.

The rhapsody-altered state of consciousness brings Mario to close encounters with “the Masters of Strings”, a coven of hyperdimensional beings who appear to control the destiny of every human in existence.

Desperate to sever the strings tying him to the will of his Masters, Mario overdoses on Rhapsody and escapes into hell, hoping to regain control of his life and free will.

Based on a modern interpretation of Jungian psychology, The Underworld Rhapsody is heavily themed on "subjective reality", "altered states of consciousness", and "individuation" as it follows one man's struggle to escape the chaos of his life and regain his free will.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 2d

I am so freakishly proud of my talented friend, Tim de Man @timdeman.bsky.social, 🥰♥️ who is currently working on the #soundtrack for the videogame CLOUDHEIM! 🎵🎶

Watch him make a layer-by-layer break down of his compositions for #Cloudheim in his video!

#gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic #videogames

Tim de Man @timdeman.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #portfolioday! I'm an earwormy game music composer from the Netherlands with music in games like @noodlecatgames.com's Cloudheim and @conradicalgames.bsky.social 's Soul Stalker!

Hear me break down a composition in this vid - more music in that playlist!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1...

#gamedev

Making Unique Game Trailer Music For CLOUDHEIM - Music Deep Dive

YouTube video by Tim de Man - Game Music

www.youtube.com

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 2d

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ALT: a person covering their face with a book which has a sticker on it that says ' a '

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 2d

Thank you kindly for featuring "Vivian Amberville - The Weaver of Odds"! 🥰♥️ I am truly honoured to be given a spot on your blog!

Anyone reading this, kindly check out Freya Pickard's @freyapickard.bsky.social stories as well!

Her & I both write #darkfantasy stories with mythological undertones! 💙📚

Freya Pickard @freyapickard.bsky.social · 2d

I'm mentioning Vivian Amberville - Weaver of Odds in my review post on my new blog on Friday at freyanrites.wordpress.com?p=60 much love Freya xx

freyanrites.wordpress.com

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Alberto Pupo @authoralbertopupo.bsky.social · 3d

Blood. Steel. Betrayal.
House Alforth stands on the brink.
To survive, they must unmask a traitor before the West burns.

Warriors of the West- an epic prequel to the Mage Republic trilogy.

Amazon: shorturl.at/olEiO

Books2Read: books2read.com/u/bOOrJ0

#Epicfantasy
#Fantasybooks
#IndieAuthor

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 3d

Reprobates was my fav! 🩸📚 I read that one when you were in your 20s, back when it was only published in that literary magazine. I remember it being really atmospheric.

Haven't read any of your other shorter work yet. But now they're really cheap so aymma go check them out.

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 5d

"True horrors lurked beyond sight, a shadow’s width away from the waking reality. They were Darkthings, nameless & ever-eager to feed on one’s light. In the semi-darkness of the chamber, their long shadows rippled across the pale, limestone walls." - Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos 💙📚

#horror

pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 8d

Hi, I'm pixlscribe. I am a sketch artist, but for the past months, I've been trying to learn pixelart.

Btw, maybe this is a good place to share my attempt at sketching "the Darkthings" from your @louiseblackwick.com 's epic dark fantasy novel "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" 💙📚

#art #sketch

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 5d

"True horrors lurked beyond sight, a shadow’s width away from the waking reality. They were Darkthings, nameless & ever-eager to feed on one’s light. In the semi-darkness of the chamber, their long shadows rippled across the pale, limestone walls." - Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos 💙📚

#horror

pixlscribe @pixlscribe.bsky.social · 8d

Hi, I'm pixlscribe. I am a sketch artist, but for the past months, I've been trying to learn pixelart.

Btw, maybe this is a good place to share my attempt at sketching "the Darkthings" from your @louiseblackwick.com 's epic dark fantasy novel "Vivian Amberville - The Book of Chaos" 💙📚

#art #sketch

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, I didn't even know they were Swedish. I'll check them out now! Thanks for all the info, Lu.👍

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 5d

Yes, Fredrik @prantare.bsky.social is behind both #CoreKeeper, #Kyora (wishlist it now) and #RadicalRabbitStew (which is currently running a 80% discount)

Support a fellow Swede and check his other games too. They're all super fun & full of whimsy! 👾🎮

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 6d

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 6d

You're a critically-acclaimed fantasy /sci-fi author, is who you are. That's who you chose to be, and the largest part of your identity. Of course you don't belong anywhere. You're part of the 0.001%. Your genome shouldn't matter at all.

But I think it's cool anyway. Welcome to the Nordic family. 😁

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Åke Grönholm @akegronholm.bsky.social · 6d

your genotype is irrelevant. Be glad you're only 25%. Otherwise you'd be more inbred than my sandwich.😂

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