So this note has been a long time coming.

First off - thanks to everyone who's rated, followed, favorited, and viewed this story. This was the first big writing project I ever did and I've made a lot of good memories along the way. I also learned many valuable lessons as well, which brings me to my next point. This story will not be continued. The further I got into this story, the more issues I ran into. I could paid bandaids over many of them, but eventually I realized the whole foundation to the story posed problems that would prevent me from going any further. To name a few:

- POV Creep

- Far too many characters to keep a focused narrative

- And many of these characters had little to differentiate them from other characters

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- Muddled character arcs and a desire to move the characters out of school and age them up

I'm not saying a story like The Eightfold Fist can't be done correctly; it's just that you need to set it up correctly from the start, and with the benefit of hindsight, that's something I failed to do.

With that being said - the concept behind this story is not entirely over. The basis for this story will be rebooted as Destiny Marine, which should drop the week of February 13. All the issues from above will be corrected in the rewrite - the story will only follow Isaac's POV, every character that appears has a purpose and plan for their future, and the characters have been aged up to their early twenties.

Again, I appreciate all the support during the nearly two years of writing this. If you'd like to see the continuing adventures of Isaac, Reed, and (eventually) Audrey again, I highly recommend checking out Destiny Marine once it's published. Until next time.