Black Wolf’s Bargain

It’s been a long road getting here, and I wanted to thank you all for your patience!

Book Seven of The Songreaver’s Tale is finally here, and I’m really looking forward to hearing what you all think of it!

You can find it live at Amazon and Smashwords now, via the links below:

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    1. Garrett’s future has yet to be written, and I’m often as surprised as the rest of you by where the characters go.

    1. I mean don’t get me wrong I do like Haven as Garrett’s girlfriend but there something suspicious about her that I don’t trust.

        1. hmm… anyway about Garrett’s ghoul friends I didn’t except them to have resemblance of wolves I thought they were gonna have resemblance of undead like in the game series fallout.

          1. I based the ghouls in the series on the ones in the Cthulhu mythos which are more dog-like in appearance and friendly with sorcery types of humans who can put up with their grisly eating habits and pungent smell.

  1. oh that explains a lot I was confused about the ghouls when I started reading this series but now I know thanks man.

  2. Now I have a another question and you may not know but how many books are you going to writ to complete this series?

      1. like I said you may not know which I understand now since I been talking about Garrett and Marla how did first meet?

        And it was interesting that you had them has a couple in the first four books interesting pair a necromancer and a vampire both wield dark powers and born and raised in the dark.

        1. Hmn, I guess we’ve never talked about how they met, have we? Maybe we’re due for some sort of flashback in the next book.

  3. yeah you told us how Warren and Gerrett first in the first book but I heven’t found out how Marla and Garrett first met throughout this series and I was wondering .

  4. still I think Garrett needs to find a good explanation when Marla and Garrett reunited once again because since Haven is Garrett’s “second” girlfriend and the way Haven acts when Garrett tries to say Marla’s name he even tries to tell her that he still loves Marla but she still refuses to believe that its like she hold a huge grudge on either Marla,the vampirs, or both.

      1. ant that the truth lol.

        Now if and I said “if” and its your choice i’m not forcing it on to you if you do have Garrett and Marla
        become a couple again there has to be a way for them to actually be together for good since Garrett is human that has limit life span and Marla is a vampir that can live forever.

        you get what I’m saying?

          1. I guess your right that nobody lives forever and like I said its your choice I’m not demanding or forceing it on to you its your choice if Garrett and Marla would be together or not I’m just saying in my point of view I’m a big fan of Garrett x Marla.

  5. and that one of the reasons why I don’t trust Haven that and she was a spy created by the dragons during the war.

    in my point of veiw Garrett may think she’s inoccent but that what spies do they act inoccent and in the they backstabe you when you least expeated so in my advice keep an eye on her you never know when she well betray Garrett and his freinds.

  6. It seems that Garnett and Marla are becoming more powerful in each book since Garrett is the songreaver and Marla has some kind pf gif.

  7. before Garrett know Haven’s name you called her the girl in brown why name that? was the brown hair? or the brown skin? or the clothing?

  8. hay at the part in book 6 when Marle was battle the empress what did she mean “that love cannot die”??

    like I get what love is its a powerful thing but it can be a greatest weakness to both man or fea but what did she mean?

    1. What power could keep Marla going through all that she’s been through? Why did the Dragon Queen shed the tears from which Marla’s soul was forged?

  9. you know Garrett kinda reminds me of darth vader in star wars they both have had sufferd being burned alive and trying to gain more power and there are differences between them.

  10. The only character in this series that I really hate the most so far is Claude do you wanna know why?

  11. when Claude confronted Garrett in the series and he tells Garrett that he is nothing more than a fading memory to Marla and just a human that will grow old and die while Marla will become this powerful being.

    If you take my point of view I think Claude FULL OF S#%€!! like who does he think he is to judge who should Marla be with? it deson’t matter wether Garrett is human or not! and lets not to mention that Garrett is also geting stronger as well he is the songreaver after all and he defeated his old enemy that burned down his home and scared him for life with the help of his freinds that tells me only thing that Garrett had proven himself worthy for who ever he should be with and Garrett did said to Marla “your my girl and nothings gonna change that” so it dosen’t matter wether you human or vampire you still can be together.

  12. so there’s my reson why I didn’t like Claube and I hope I didn’t offended one of your characters I just had to get that out my system and if I did I’m very sorry.

    1. No problem! Claude was not meant to be liked, but I hate writing 2-dimensional villains, so I try to see everything from the character’s point of view. Claude sees Garrett as a kid, even though he’s not much older himself. Claude is a young man who takes life very seriously and sees Garrett’s happy-go-lucky attitude as childish and naive, so, of course he’s not a suitable match for Marla in Claude’s eyes. Marla is a very serious person herself, so Claude sees in her a kindred soul, but he doesn’t realize that what Marla is drawn to in Garrett is his childlike hope. She needs that.

      So Claude isn’t really evil (unless you ask the fae), but he has a very different world view from Garrett, and he doesn’t think much of people, especially non-vampires, who don’t see things the way he does.

      1. well that does explains A LOT with Claude and yes Garrett can be a naive child at times but he is slowly taking his responsibilities serious as well not as much as Claude though and Garrett slowly acting as a man and not a child thats what the dragon lord said to him in book 2.

        1. Not only that both Garrett and Marla made a lot of promises to each other that they will be together one day and Claude either doesn’t know or can’t understands why Marla still loves Garrett even though they been separated in book 5,6 and 7.

          1. I think Claude needs to think outside of the box and understand of other non-vampire’s feelings and the love between Garett and Marla but I’m sure that one day he’ll understand that Garnett and Marla are meant to be together.

            what do you think?

          2. Claude’s a little too busy feeling sorry for himself at the moment to consider Garrett’s point of view. 8)

  13. now I’m kinda bit worried for Garrett and his friends for what they might face in the future I mean there might be something more dangerous than the chadiri like during the war against the dragons since the dragon created most of the fea to battle the humans what if the dragons created something demonic a dark sinister creature that not evan the dragons can control you get what I’m saying?

  14. I hope that I’m not trying to spoil anything by asking you these questions? I just have questions that needed to be answered

    1. No problem, I enjoy the questions, and I’ll try to avoid any potential spoilers. Then again, the story tends to veer in directions that even I didn’t expect.

  15. hay I’m been wondering what most of the characters look like I mean you gave us the description of what they are but what exactly look like in art form and I already know what Garrett look like in fornt of the books whith his hood on series and I been wondering if you could draw out the characters I’m mean you don’t have to or draw every character that we know so far in the series and it is your choice I’m just asking.

    1. I wrote a poem once called “The Littlest Necromancer”, and, from that, the story kinda sprang to life and went in directions I never expected. I should probably post that poem someday, so everyone can see where the idea came from.

  16. you know can make interesting couples in the series when I frist read this series I was surprised that you made Garrett and Marla a couple a necromancer and a vampire?……interesting.

    whats your opinion?

      1. no problem man I do like the characters you made in this series each on have their personalities and the way they interact with each other either from hatred, betrayal, loyalty, and even friendship from humans, ghouls, vampirs, and etc threw out the series.

  17. forget that question now do the vampires actually die in the sun ? I mean the younger vampires are alright with the sun and it irritants the older vampires if they stay in the sun to long but would the sun kill the vampirs if they stay in the sun light for a very long time?

    1. Imagine that each vampire is part human and part dragon… a very specific kind of dragon that long ago abandoned the world of sunlight. The draconic portion of the vampire’s nature is very averse to sunlight, it cannot survive long in the light, but the human part of the vampire acts as a kind of protective shield.

      Now as the vampire grows, the human part of them begins to fade. If they are still young enough that they could reasonably still be alive, were they only a human, then sunlight really isn’t all that dangerous to them. They might get a nasty sun burn or lose their lunch, but they’ll probably be able to survive for a while. The more the dragon side begins to take over, however, the less the human side can protect them, and for an elder vampire, one who is far older than a human could live on their own, direct exposure to sunlight equals a quick and fiery death.

  18. what strang culture for a wedding at the end of book six after Warren and Ymowyn got married they both bite each other’s hands anough to have their hands bleed as if they making a blood oath why do they do that?

    1. It’s part of ghoul culture. Ghouls can taste memories. The blood ritual is part of that, sharing one another’s life essence. Of course Ymowyn, who is not a ghoul, is a bit squicked out by the whole thing, but she loves Warren enough to go through with the ceremony.

  19. ahh so its a ghoul culture I was confused at that part in book six it nice to see some of the characters we know and loved like Warren and Ymowyn get married now I know about ghoul and human marriage culture and some of fae culture as well though now I’m curious if and said “if” Garrett and Marla do get married somewhere in the series how does vampire culture work in marriages in the vampires own way?

      1. I was thinking about that to though it would be very very “very” cool if Garrett and Marla did got married on a “Blood Moon night” do you think that be cool?

        1. Heh heh, sounds like a romantic ceremony, though, as far as traditional vampire ceremonies, I imagine most of them tend to hold their rituals underground. They consider those who choose to live aboveground a bit backwards and unsofisticated. I mean, that’s where food comes from!

  20. well I don’t blame then since they are unable to stand with the sunlight just like the humans and other creatures can.

  21. though some vampirs like Dracula actually live in castles and places that barly have any sunlight.

  22. and yes it does sounds like a romantic ceremony for Garrett and Marla I can imagine it right now those two standing in middle of the alter with their freinds and families all happy and proud of them (except Claude and Haven becuses Claude doesn’t like Garrett because he’s human and Haven doesn’t like Marla because Haven has some mental issues about Marla) and the blood moon above them and when the blood moon reaches its highest peck Garrett and Marla kiss and the they will be together forever.

    so thats my imagination of those two if that ever happens so what’s your opinion?

    1. Sounds lovely. Not sure how things will pan out for them yet, but I’m sure they would have both wanted that at one point. 8)

  23. now in book four at the part when Garrett was trying to get help from the vampires to battle the chadiri dragon lord but when what’s her name rather let the entire city burn to the ground instead killing the dragon I way furious if the vampires did that then their no better than the chadiri and that dragon belongs to the chadiri but do you think they also tamed other dragons as well? what’s your opinion about this? do you think those vampires are no better than the enamy that there facingright now?

    1. Garrett was asking the vampires to side with the humans against one of the last greater drakes (as far as the vampires knew) alive. For an elder vampire, the choice was easy, risk harming one of the last of dragonkind, or let a few thousand humans (who can easily be replaced) perish. As far as taming dragons, the Chadiri never “tamed” them, but rather entered into a pact with a group of dragons who shared their desire to burninate things. The vampires would never even consider trying to subjugate a dragon as they kinda worship them.

  24. yeah but still the chadiri would still use those dragons that they what you said “entered into a pack” to burn anything in their path it doesn’t matter to them if its human,ghoul,vampire,or other fea creatures they’ll do it for the will of what ever red god they serve.

  25. and Garrett did gave those vampires a Waring if they abandon the city they will never and I mean “never” returned to the city for good ( except Marla of course because he loves her ).

  26. and for us humans we maybe crul, we maybe violent, and we may even be monsters ourselves but vampires, fea creatures, and even dragons misunderstood humankind. it is what we were created we are bound by two halfs one good and one evil there’s alwasy a balance between us without it we wouldn’t call ourselves humans when there’s good there’s always evil like fire the britter the flame the darker the shadow though humans are not the only ones that choose the dark side of themselves fea creatures,vampires, and evan dragons would choose their own dark side of themselves it may not be today or tomorrow it may not be a million years but one day.

    what’s your opinion about these 3 messages?

  27. in book 2 when Garrett and two of his friends were being chase by the dragon lord and cornered into a cave the dragon started to freak out all of sudden what scarred the dragon? it look like it saw a ghost.

    1. It did see a ghost, lots of little ghosts. Remember how it reacted later to the wisps in Queensgarden?

    1. The dragon is afraid of being reminded of how things used to be, and wisps are very talented at finding interesting memories in others’ minds.

  28. hmm………….well what ever the wisps made the dragon remembered. it didn’t like it maybe the it remembered the war against the humans and the dragons centuries ago do you think thats what it remembered?

      1. lol and in book 2 the dragon lord said that he’s the last of the dragon riders what happened to the other riders? did they died from fighting other factions that gone against the chadiri?

  29. now I have been reading book 5 when Marla was I think she was talking to the dragons when she mention Garrett and that Haven was in love with him what exactly did Haven do to Garrett? and why would Haven be in love with him even though he didn’t know her at the time?

    1. Haven is drawn to Garrett because he is the only one who seems to be able to recognize her, even though he can’t remember who she is exactly. Beyond that little puzzle, it’s up to the reader to ponder the mysteries of the human (or semi-human) heart.

  30. hmmm….still I don’t trust Haven not because she’s Garrett’s girlfriend or her mental issues with Marla is just that she is a spy created from the old dragons she may no longer work for them but I think she still have allegiance with the dragons she still has secrets that we don’t know she might ended up stabing Garrett in the back later on in the series since the dragons feared that Garrett will destroy their race for good because he’s the songreaver.

    and later on in the series when Marla is reunited with Garrett that might be a interesting fight between Marla and Haven since I can see a rivalry between the two.

    so whats your opinion about all this?

    1. well shall see I still be keeping in eye on her Garrett may see her as a innocent girl but sometimes it always comes back around to bite his a$# and by the time he realized it its already too late and either he loses hemself or his friends by being killed or broken friendships between them or all of the above.

  31. And speaking of friendship talk about TWO LOVE TRIANGLES IN ONE!!!! between Garrett and Marla!!

    For starters Garrett loves Marla with all of his heart and willing to die for her but then theres Haven and he “sort of loves” her as well.

    Marla she loves Garrett so much she is wiling to spend the rest of her life with him but then theres Claude she “kind of” sees him more as a friend rather than a boyfriend.

    what do you think of all of this?

    1. When writing Garrett, I try to remember what it was like to be his age. It was a pretty confusing time for me, and, had anyone expected any sort of clarity of purpose from me at the time… well, they would have been sorely disappointed. He’s still trying to work it all out and make sense of how he feels, and, on top of that, he’s sharing his body with a dead tyrant and an insane elder drake. Give the poor boy a break! 8)

      As for Marla, she’s still a teen as well, although her troubles are of a much different sort. She’s coming to grips with who she truly is, and is constantly having her frame of reference shifted (recently quite literally).

      1. well I blame him since he’s has almost the entire world on his shoulders. I do get he still working things out between Marla and Haven not to mention he’s dealing withtwo powerful beings that lives inside of him and then he’s dealing with not only the chadiri in the future he be dealing with couple fae creatures,vampires,and possibility dragons since he’s a threat to their kind.

  32. But what I feared the most is Garrett and Marla may become enimies against each other since Garrett’s becoming the songreaver that nearly whip out both the fea and the dragon’s races and Marla finding out who she is they might ending up in the fighting against each other for whatever they believe.

    so what’s your opinion about these two messages?

  33. also I saw the character design on Cenick not bad I’m impressed though I imagined him little different not to far off though.

  34. are you bisy at the moment? or am I annoying you form theses messages? its been a few days since my last reply and I was wondering if your getting tired of answering my previous questions you can always let me know. you Know?

  35. Sorry, I’ve been very busy the past week. I don’t always have time to check my messages. As for Garrett’s Parents, perhaps we’ll find out in Book 8.

    1. its alright man I didn’t know your were very busy I usually wait for a few days before replying just in case.

  36. hay man interested gotta question for you what exactly the chadiri’s true intentions form buring everything in their path in this series beside doing it for the will of the “red god”?

    1. As far as the common war-priest is concerned, their goal is cleanse the world of non-humans and cultures that have been “corrupted” by the influence of the inhuman races. They seek to convert any existing human societies over to their way of thinking and burn away all traces of the old world to make way for the new.

  37. And thets gonna solve everthing?!?! BAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! like really do you think that cleansing the world would get ridef corruption for good ? that I really REALLY DOUBT THAT’S the solution no mater how hard you get ridef corruption it alwasy returns and evenchuly the Chadiri will become corrupted themselves am I right?

      1. maybe.

        anyway in book 4 do you think its ironic that the vampires will not kill the dragon even though its part of the chadiri empire? I get that the vampires worship the dragons and the chadiri entered a pack with them but the chadiri will use the dragons to “cleans” the old world and when the chadiri set their eyes on the vampire’s homeland and burn it to the ground would the vampires just do nothing even though they worship the dragons that entered a pack with the chadiri?

  38. The vampires aren’t all that intimidated by the Chadiri. Up until Book 4, they were keeping a close eye on them and sorta helping out the Gloarans, but they lost very little by refusing to help the Gloarans against the dragon. If they had felt at all personally threatened, they would have probably found a way to separate the rider from his dragon and dealt with him accordingly.

  39. like I kown the vampires will find a way to separate the rider and his dragon but its gonna take some time and a lot of energy to do it. It might be impossible to do it because (A) he is the DRAGON LORD after all (if I’m not mistaken lords are very tough to kill) and (B) he is THE LAST OF THE RIDERS like once you shorten their numbers everything they do changes like their tactics change,the way they fight changes,and changes the way they live. The only reason how Garrett and his friends manage to defeat him was with courage,sheer dum luck,and a little help with the wisps.

    you get what i’m saying?

    1. Well, it’s a good thing for the vampires that Garrett and his friends were able to take care of that little problem for them without the vampires having to get their hands dirty. 8)

  40. well what do you know vampires don’t like to get their hands dirty (except Marla) go f$#&ing figures let the main character and his friends deal with the dragon problem when he has problems of his own no wonder why Garrett is goning to war against the vampirs.

  41. Now at time Before book 4 before Garrett and Marla were separated Klavicus warned Garrett that the vampires in their homeland was not to be trusted and Marla must be protected no matter the cost I just have this one question: how exactly can Garrett protect Marla from the vampires when he’s miles away from where she’s at,dealing with two souls thats inside of him, and dealing with a second relationship with thousand year old spy fea that might stab him in the back later on in the future and to make matters evan worse for Garrett Marla is at the vampire’s homeland?

    would you be so kind to explain this?

  42. just letting you know if your busy at the moment about my question is still here and I was wondering if you can explain it if you have the time.

    1. Huh, I actually wrote a response to this question, and I thought it was rather eloquent. I have no idea what happened to it now. I guess I’ll try to give you a half-remembered abridged version.

      As for your confusion about Garrett being, all over the map, so to speak, you are beginning to understand Garrett’s character flaw. I think he’s starting to see it now as well, but we’ll have to wait for Book 8 to see what he does about that. 8)

      Speaking of Book 8, there are still no reviews on Book 7! Hint Hint.

  43. hmm…..I guess i’ll find some information in book seven shall I?

    And I understand Garrett is facing problems of his own like (1) he’s busy fighting the chadiri. (2) trying to form a alliance to help fight ageinst the chadiri.(3) dueling with two powerful souls that are inside of him.(4)uncover mysteries that might turn the tide of war for better or worse. and (5) trying to figure out who he should spend the rest of his life with either the vampire girl that he always loved over the years Marla she is kind, intelligent, and she has a gift that she dosen’t understand but one day she will find out what she is and then theres the mysterious spy fea girl that was created from the dragons thousands of years ago Haven she has secrets that she has and won’t tell anyone I can tell by the way she acts, having a huge grudge on the vampires mostly Marla, and (I’m gonna keep on saying this) she might betray Garrett and stabbing him in the back in the future.

    you understand what i’m saying?

  44. You seem to be spending a great deal of effort to convince me that you’d much rather Garrett end up with Marla than Haven. I understand that.

    What I do not understand is why neither you nor anyone has yet written a review of Book 7. It is a bit… discouraging to say the least.

    1. Like I said I’m LITERY a Garrett x Marla fan and its your decision of how the story gose and well you see most poeple don’t actually notice it yet since there are thousands of other authors had published their own books as well it may take awhile for them to find your newest book the only reason why I hadn’t review book 7 yet is because I don’t have the money for it yet and I been very busy wants I get my hands on book 7 I’ll let you know how did it go okay?

      1. Don’t worry about the review then, but, if you need a copy of Book 7, you can get a copy at the Smashwords link here:

        https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/777156

        I made a coupon for you to apply at checkout for a free copy of the book. Just enter the following code in the “Coupon Code” box at checkout:

        DH77Q

        Let me know if you have any problems, and I hope you enjoy it!

        1. wow man thanks!! but you didn’t have to go threw the trouble of making a coupon for me I could’ve waited a bit longer but i’ll accepted that none the less

          the only question I have is why me?

          1. You seem like you really care about the story. That means a lot to me. Hope you enjoy the book.

  45. Yeah its true I’ll admit I really really do care about the story and the rest of the series its so interesting of how the main characters develop over time the bound and friendship between them is what kept them going all that come this far one protecting the other and willing to give his or her own life for them no matter how bad the danger is they never gave up they never lost hope they kept on going facing challenges in their way taking on powerful enemies that wanted to destroy them but they overcome and raised up to active their ultimate goal. That what I like in stories and your series is one of them.

    Thank you very much for doing that I really do appreciated it I’ll let you know how the story is so far

  46. Cheating Dragon girl can stay where she is for all I care. °-°
    Team Haven!
    Amazon Alarms let me down, only now figured out that the 7th Book was finally out. I’ll leave you a review once I’m done, sadly It’ll be on amazon.de
    Thank you for continuing to poor your heart into the series, I’ve loved every word of it!

    1. Heh heh, thanks! I’m glad you found the latest book! And thank you in advance for the review!

    2. I don’t know about you I’m more Team Marla!!! that cheating Dragon girl will stab Garrett in the back one of these days when not looking!!

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