For those of you who are wondering, writing has started on book 2 of this series and currently stands at 26k words or about 17 chapters. I'm actually fairly excited about some of the things I've discovered about this story recently, so I'm looking forward to sharing it with everyone. I'm not sure when that will start because I want to get a bit more of a backlog before I post the first chapter of book 2, but, yeah, exciting news for those Shen Path Fans.

I'm thinking the subtitle for book two will be Stepping Stones. I'm not 100% sure.

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If anyone wants to beta read for me, hit me up on my discord which you can find on my author's bio.

Just a minor spoiler, it introduces a new co-protagonist. I won't give any more than that away, except that he's fun to write and I'm enjoying getting to know him.

The majority of the story of book two will take place 2-3 years after the conclusion of book one, with a few chapters to bridge the gap.

The other exciting news is that I'm playing around with elevenlabs. It's a side hobby, but I'm working on turning The Shen Path: First Breaths into an AI generated audiobook. If you're interested, the first two sections are available on my patreon. The first section (the first eight chapters I think?) is public, while the rest will be behind the paywall. So far it's about 2hrs30mins long altogether.