🏡 The Hearthlight Chronicles: Now Available as a Free Ebook!
…or listen to the whole story, one day at a time.
Well, we made it. 24 days, 24 prompts, 20,000+ words (!!), and more tail-wags than I can reasonably account for. What started as a journal experiment (just me, a quiet solo RPG called The Hearthlight Chronicles, and a few virtual dice) has turned into a heartfelt journey through kindness, grief, laughter, dragons, and the best damn gelato in fantasy fiction.
And now, it’s yours to keep.
🌟 Download the full ebook – free, forever.
While many of you enjoyed Hearthlight told episodically (almost a thousand read each episode..!), and a few enjoyed it in audio (I’m always surprised that people dig our Kiwi accent), a handful said that bite-sized wasn’t how you liked a main course. You wanted the full meal, all at once.
As a thank-you to Hearthlight’s creator, Henrique de Aguiar (who graciously allowed me to use his game to tell this wonderful story), I’m following his lead. The full collected version (titled, The Light That Remains) is now available as a free download. No signups. No catch. Just a gentle fantasy about healing, community, and second chances. Here you go:
If you prefer to get it from your retailer, it’s available everywhere books can be free (so, not Amazon, but almost everywhere else). You can find it here:
https://www.books2read.com/TheLightThatRemains
The Light That Remains is the same content as the original episodes below, minus the prompts and dice rolls. It’s now compiled as a journal, one wistful day at a time.
(It’s perfect for a rainy afternoon and pairs well with mulled wine.)
🎧 Prefer to listen? You still can.
The narrated versions of each Hearthlight entry will remain live here on Roll for Narrative. Ebooks can’t include audio, and I know many of you discovered this series through the voice, the warmth, and the shared breath of a story told aloud.
So here they are, one cosy fireside day at a time:
If you want to support me, the best way is by checking out my work. If you enjoyed Hearthlight’s themes of found family and quiet hope, you might also like Tomb of the Six. It’s a free prequel to my fantasy series The Splintered Land. It’s not as cosy, but it’s just as full of magic, meaning, and messy people trying to do the right thing:
Or, like, you can get it from a retailer (…not Amazon 🤣) like our ancestors did: