Show Notes
There will be blood! In this episode covering Stalking Darkness Chapters 31-35. The necromancer plot has ARRIVED. Risen soldiers, human hearts, talking heads (stop making sense!), secret cyphers, and we ask the most important question, ”was Vargul there, and how sexy was he being?”
CW for death scenes and multiple descriptions of gore (which may continue for the rest of the book?)
Timestamps:
Ch 31: 20 min 20 sec Ch 32: 37 min 30 sec Ch 33: 56 min 54 sec Ch 34: 1 hr 9 min 55 sec Ch 35: 1 hr 30 min 40 sec We sneak in extra birdmail at 1 hr 46 min 55 sec
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