Thank you to everyone for your support. The fiction has now been stubbed. You can pre-order (or regular order, depending on your timezone) an updated version on Amazon.

Original author note:

> Thank you all for reading book 1 of The Silent Archmage.

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> Many of you have recognized the primary influence on this story, and while it may have taken many elements from The Irregular at Magic High School to begin with, I hope the original ideas I had came through.

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> Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

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> To be honest, I am not currently motivated to write a book 2. While I understand reader frustrations with cribbed elements, the sheer amount of vitriol leveled at my work and my character has made it hard to continue onwards. I have edited portions of the story for originality and will be publishing it on Amazon shortly. This fiction will stub in just over 24 hours (around 9 PM EST Jan 14 2025). Depending on response on Amazon, the story may continue. I like what I've written of this story and where I've taken it, but authors are humans too, and it is a bit disheartening to log in and only see hatred for my work.

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> That said, I hope those of you who read to the end of this book 1 enjoyed it. If you'd like to support it, I will be announcing the official launch on 1/14. Thank you for your time. I hope everyone has a good 2025.