About the Author

Nicholas T. Burnett writes Epic Science Fantasy. He is serializing The Tears of Amharic in public, chapter by chapter, as it is written.

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An epic fantasy author writing in the open

Most books arrive finished, bound, and sealed. The Tears of Amharic arrives the other way: raw, alive, and still becoming. Epic fantasy author Nicholas T. Burnett publishes each chapter as it is written, every Friday, so readers follow the story at the same pace the author discovers it. There is no backlog to binge and no finished manuscript sitting in a drawer. What you read is what has just been forged — the newest chapter is always the freshest one.

That changes the reading itself. You feel the story’s weight build week by week, the way sagas were meant to be told: around a fire, one telling at a time. And because the serial is written in public, the conversation between author and reader never stops. Theories, questions, and reactions shape the energy of the work as it grows. Start with Chapter One and you’ll be caught up within an evening — then every Friday brings the next part of the journey.

Why this epic fantasy author publishes live

Writing in public is a risk, and Nicholas T. Burnett takes it on purpose. Epic fantasy author or not, most writers hide the draft until it is safe; this epic fantasy author does the opposite, because the messy middle of the creative process is the point.

When a chapter lands on Friday, it lands because the story demanded it that week — the battle scenes still ringing, the quiet losses still raw. Readers of Red Rising know the rush of a rebellion told at full speed; readers of The Last Kingdom know the pull of shield-walls, oaths, and the cost of loyalty. The Tears of Amharic lives in that same current: gods that were never gods, warriors torn between fury and mercy, and a boy from the forest walking into a war bigger than his world. Publishing live means every chapter is written with the reader looking over the author’s shoulder — and the story is sharper for it.

Start free: your first chapter is waiting

The best way to understand the serial is to read it. Chapter One is free, and so is every chapter after it — new installments arrive weekly, published openly as they are written. Begin with the messenger falling burning from the sky and follow Bellator through blood, snow, and the slow unmaking of everything his people believed. When you are caught up, Subscribe free to have each new chapter delivered the moment it is written, so you never miss a Friday.

If you want to know the mind behind the manuscript — the teacher, the outdoorsman, the lifelong reader who decided to build a world in public — read more about Nicholas and the road that led him to Aeloria. And if the story moves you, say so: contact Nicholas directly. The book is not finished yet. That is the whole point — and you are invited to watch this epic fantasy author build it in public. New here? Chapter One takes a single evening to read — then the story is yours, week by week.

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