The Adventures of Solaire, Part IV: The Clockwork Temple I

By Noah Hoffmann

An ongoing series of fantasy adventures, “The Adventures of Solaire” tells the story of the dread pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart and his tales all across Lorian, from the the steam-powered world of Dinas to the magical superpower of Archone. What follows is every deed of sabotage, back-stabbing, intimidation, piracy, demon-summoning, automaton-killing, government-toppling, crew wrangling, and general defiance he committed in his quest for his ultimate goal: to save his sister River.

In this chapter, Weiss presents his first task for the group: enter the structure known as “The Clockwork Temple” and retrieve a gauntlet hidden inside. But is the group prepared for the task? More importantly, can they avoid killing each other while inside?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Noah Hoffmann
• Release date: Nov 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463034187

Noah Hoffmann

A mild-mannered truck driver by day, I spend my nights writing mostly at an attempt to convince the last few shreds of sanity I have not to jump ship with the rest. When I'm not doing that, you can usually find me playing tabletop rpgs, raiding the "50 cents" section of bookstores, and generally committing similar acts to solidify my reputation as a "huge nerd." Otherwise, my time is spent caring for my loving and intelligent-deficit dog Slade and yelling at you for cutting me off in traffic.

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The Incredible Yet Accurate Adventures of the Dread Pirate Captain Solaire Ravenheart,

Otherwise known as

The Adventures of Solaire

Part IV: The Clockwork Temple I

By Noah Hoffmann

Published by Noah Hoffmann and distributed by Smashwords

Copywrite 2019 by Noah Hoffmann

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Other series by Noah Hoffmann:

Creepy America

A horror mystery series set across the United States

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Part IV: The Clockwork Temple I

Part IV: The Clockwork Temple i

50  years ago, the Kellian philosopher Ero Tamakiani became interested in what he called meta-academics, that is, the process and science of people understanding and learning. After several years of experiments, research, and general thinking, he published The Scholar’s Guide to Expanding Your Intellect  and the central lesson contained within was a phrase he repeated often both throughout the book and in person: the quickest way to teach a child to swim is to throw them in the deep end. It was a claim he was eager to defend. Anyone who