Dawn Chronicles: Legacy - Earlier Drafts

Before I published the final version of Dawn Chronicles: Legacy (now available here at Amazon), I had written several versions.  The idea was the same of it being a massive story spanning across three books, but edits and creative changes altered the story.  That's not to say that everything written during that time will never be used.  Ideas evolve and transform, but they are never completely trashed.


I've been rereading material from what was to be the third act of the Dawn Chronicles tale and given that it's been many years since I read it, a lot of it feels new to me.  There's bunches of stuff that wouldn't work in the story now since much has changed, but there's also a lot of good stuff that can (and likely will be) dusted off and brought back into the fold.  One such idea was the introduction of a character named Paul Saunders.


Paul Saunders' character arc was of an operative working for a certain character as a means of protecting his teenage daughter.  He was very much intended as a reluctant villain that would eventually turn against his employer.  I didn't layout his arc as that final act went unfinished, but he is one element that is being brought back into the fold in Dawn Chronicles: Ghosts.  His storyline is similar, though this time he is essentially a one-man army who seeks to kill every werewolf he encounters in order to protect his daughter.  The characters in Legacy largely fought each other on somewhat even ground, but the introduction of Paul Saunders into Ghosts will give them a more dangerous threat.