The Re:Apotheosis update and news thread

RobertBMarks 2022-10-07 14:50:30 UTC #21

Chapter XXII is live! Sitting her long vigil over her comatose fiancé, Princess Stella wakes up to find she is not alone – super-assassin Jack Death has come, and he has unfinished business with them both...

RobertBMarks 2022-10-12 14:11:54 UTC #22

A preview of the first of Friday's chapters:

Akari Soto returned to her house to pick up some supplies and necessities to discover that somebody was already inside, waiting for her.

He sat in a dark corner, a tall man in a leather jacket, a long black sword in his lap, his long hair drawn into a ponytail and a scar down his left cheek. For a moment, Akari considered calling in the security detail who had escorted her home, but decided against it. She knew exactly who he was – she knew him as well as she knew herself.

“You weren’t hard to find,” said Daiki Yamato.

“I was never trying to be,” Akari said. “You’re actually him, in the flesh – you’re Daiki Yamato!”

“You know, when your friends told me I was fictional, I didn’t believe them at first,” Daiki said. “But there was this little part of me that kept pushing to know for certain. So I went to a bookstore and I asked them if they had ever heard of a light novel series about a character named Daiki Yamato. And they had.” He held up a copy of the first volume of Ascension of the Legendary Sword Hero. “Do you have any idea of what it’s like to read your own abduction and trauma, along with every thought you had as it happened?”

RobertBMarks 2022-10-13 13:53:21 UTC #23

A preview of the second of Friday's chapters:

Jenny Calhoun was idly tossing and catching a ball in the corner she had claimed for herself of the abandoned warehouse when she saw Jack Death finally return, a briefcase in his hand.

“You’re back late,” she said. “It’s almost ten o’clock.”

“I had a lot of thinking to do,” Jack stated. “Where’s Roy?”

“He’s in the back with the new girl.”

“New girl?”

Jenny nodded. “Apparently, there’s another one of us. Some girl from a fantasy story. She came looking for cloak boy, or so Roy says.”

“I wonder if it’s that Athena person he mentioned.”

Jenny shrugged. “I didn’t catch her name.”

“Does she have a tail?”

RobertBMarks 2022-10-14 15:26:13 UTC #24

Chapters XXIII and XXIV are live! First, Isekai hero Daiki Yamato confronts his creator over his suffering. Then, super-assassin Jack Death, still reeling from his confrontation with Princess Stella, makes a fateful decision on the eve of the first major attack of The Destroyer’s war against the creators.

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RobertBMarks 2022-10-19 14:43:47 UTC #25

A preview of Friday's chapter:

“So, what happened, besides Adam waking up?” Alice asked.

“We’ve identified the man with the horns,” Atria said, motioning to the lieutenant. He began passing out a handout. “Everybody, meet The Destroyer, from an anime called Reincarnated as the Most Powerful Hero in the World, produced by Samurai Filmworks. His creator is Habiki Matoyami, who we are now attempting to contact.”

Alice frowned. “My handout is in Japanese,” she said. “I can’t read this.”

“Here, take mine,” Cap said, trading.

“I watched the first episode of that,” Kaguyama said. “It wasn’t so much bad as mediocre. It was just a basic power fantasy with an audience-insert character.”

“Based on the material from the show, The Destroyer is a devil king trying to conquer the world for reasons unknown,” Atria said. “He doesn’t seem to do much more than show up in post-credit sequences and shout at underlings. We do know that he supposedly has the powers of a god, and he built this tower using his magic at some point in his back story. Otherwise–”

“That shithanger!” Akari Soto exclaimed, slamming her hand on the table. “I’m going to kill him when I get my hands on him!”

RobertBMarks 2022-10-21 14:01:45 UTC #26

Chapter XXV is live! Having finally identified The Destroyer, Atria Silversword, Captain Infinite, Alice Matson, and Aiko Mitsubi take a much needed break. But they are too late – The Destroyer’s war against the creators has begun.

RobertBMarks 2022-10-26 15:00:14 UTC #27

A preview of Friday's chapter:

As the others filed into the conference room, Captain Infinite read and re-read the list Colonel Sato had given him.

He had requested it shortly after the JSDF had agreed to help Atria – a list of everyone injured during that first engagement in the alleyway. There were fifty-seven names on it.

“What is that?” Alice asked, sitting down beside him. On his other side, Atria was quietly talking with Stella.

“Everybody I turned into collateral damage,” Cap said. “Once this is done, I have a lot of people to make amends to.”

“I’m sure they’ll understand,” Alice stated.

Cap gave her a sad smile. “Will they? Some of them had to be rescued from buildings that I collapsed. In my world, the buildings were always empty by the time a fight reached them. But my world is an escapist fantasy. Nobody has to worry about collateral damage.”

RobertBMarks 2022-10-28 14:57:45 UTC #28

The final five chapters have begun, and Chapter XXVI is live! As mech pilot Atria Silversword, Princess Stella, Captain Infinite, and the creators brace themselves for the coming battle against The Destroyer, Captain Infinite confronts his creator and Isekai hero Daiki Yamato, at long last, picks a side.

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RobertBMarks 2022-10-31 16:46:57 UTC #29

Brand new today, here is the front cover for Re:Apotheosis - Aftermath, the sequel to Re:Apotheosis which will have The Odyssey of Daiki Yamato (which will start serializing on Tapas on December 2nd), as well as two additional stories following the characters of Re:Apotheosis.

Aftermath will be released on February 27th.

RobertBMarks 2022-11-02 14:02:06 UTC #30

A preview of Friday's chapter:

“So, is it true that we can now go back home if we want?” Cap asked Stella.

“According to Akari, Daiki can open a gate,” Stella said. “So, I guess so.”

“You thinking of going?”

Stella shook her head. “It’s tempting to go back and visit. I left a lot of people I care about back there. But, this world is my home now, and it’s where my life is. And, for anybody but Daiki, it would be a one-way trip. So, I’m staying here.”

“What about you, Atria?” Cap asked as Akari had Daiki touch the antigrav to the pommel of his sword. “You going to go home when this is done?”

Atria looked at him and frowned. “I don’t know. My duty as an officer of the Hyperborean Army is to return. But, there’s already another version of me there, so if I do go, it’s a gamble – will the two of me be merged, and if not, which of us will be erased on when the information stream updates?”

“I’d rather you stayed,” Stella said.

Atria smiled at her. “I know. And no matter what I do, you will always be my best friend in this world. But I still have to do what is right for me. I guess I’ll figure that out once this is over. What about you, Cap? You staying or going home?”

RobertBMarks 2022-11-04 13:24:20 UTC #31

The final five chapters have begun, and Chapter XXVII is live! It is the eve of the battle between the creators and their protectors and The Destroyer. As mech pilot Atria Silversword at long last regains something very precious that she had lost, Captain Infinite makes a fateful decision.

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RobertBMarks 2022-11-07 14:20:18 UTC #32

Want to win a signed copy of Re:Apotheosis while helping make the lives of sick kids and their families better? A signed copy of Re:Apotheosis, along with several other books, will be raffled off at Desert Bus for Hope on November 15th between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM EST.

https://desertbus.org/prize/85

RobertBMarks 2022-11-09 15:18:33 UTC #33

A preview of Friday's chapter:

“We have them approaching the outer perimeter on the southeast side,” Colonel Sato’s voice said over the radio. “Estimated time to contact, fifteen minutes.”

Atria pulled the hatch closed and flipped the switches to turn on Volandpanzer’s antigrav. “Matt, we’re up. This is Silversword, commencing overwatch.” Together, she and Cap rose into the air to an altitude of three hundred feet. “I have three targets on the ground, one male, two female.”

“This is command,” Sato said. “We confirm three targets. You are cleared to engage at will.”

“Colonel Sato,” Atria said. “You once asked me what I thought of your tanks. I’m afraid I gave you a less-than-honest answer.” She grinned and flipped on the targeting. “I think they’re cute.”

And then she fired her first volley of missiles.

RobertBMarks 2022-11-11 14:23:46 UTC #34

Chapter XXVIII is live! The final battle has begun. As The Destroyer and his companions attack the military base defending the creators, the entire city of Tokyo is in danger, and mech pilot Atria Silversword faces the ultimate sacrifice.

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RobertBMarks 2022-11-12 21:22:58 UTC #35

Re:Apotheosis - Aftermath, containing The Odyssey of Daiki Yamato along with two brand new stories featuring Atria Silversword, Princess Stellaria, and Jenny Calhoun, is now available for preorder from Amazon! The book will release on February 27th.

Print: https://www.amazon.com/Re-Apotheosis-Aftermath-Robert-Marks/dp/1927537738
Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BM51LWMW

RobertBMarks 2022-11-15 14:01:09 UTC #36

I now have a Ko-fi page! So, if you'd like to support my writing and projects like the Re:Apotheosis series and the translation of the next volume of Joffre's Memoirs, as well as get access to special members-only content (which already includes early version of the Re:Apotheosis book covers), please give it a look!

RobertBMarks 2022-11-15 18:28:03 UTC #37

Re:Apotheosis just helped raise over $2300 for Desert Bus for Hope. All of the proceeds go to the Child's Play charity. Congratulations to Amp the Dog, and please enjoy the books!

RobertBMarks 2022-11-16 14:27:00 UTC #38

A preview of Friday's episode:

“Matt,” Alice sobbed. She was aware of Stella and the others looking at her with concern, but ignored them. She used the wall to pull herself to her feet.

“Why didn’t I just talk to him?” she heard Mark Gable mutter. “All he wanted me to do was talk to him. Why didn’t I do that?”

She looked around the room. On a nearby CCTV feed, she saw Daiki Yamato crouch into a fighting stance.

Air. She needed some air. She stagged out of the room.

“Alice, no, it’s not safe!” she heard Stella call out, but kept walking.

How long she walked the corridors she wasn’t sure. At some point she heard gunfire, and then silence. She sat down on the floor, staring at the wall.

A convention pamphlet dangled in front of her face. Alice blinked and looked at it. It was a picture of her, labeled in both Japanese and English.

“Hello Alice,” she heard a familiar voice say. “I’m Jenny Calhoun.” Then the blow fell, knocking her to the floor.

RobertBMarks 2022-11-18 14:12:43 UTC #39

Chapter XXIX is live! The final battle reaches its bloody conclusion. Captain Infinite is dead and mech pilot Atria Silversword is out of action. The last line of defence is Isekai protagonist Daiki Yamato, who must now stand alone against The Destroyer. And as he does, Jenny Calhoun finally meets her creator.

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RobertBMarks 2022-11-21 16:01:58 UTC #40

Well, today is the big day - Re:Apotheosis is now live on Amazon.com. This includes a new Afterword, in which I talk about the writing of the story (including this subreddit's role in it), and most of the influences and references (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, John Wick, Rising of the Shield Hero, etc.).

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