It’s time to show Heathen City to the masses.

A bit nerve-wracking, I’ll admit. The artists, Ayato and Distasty, have been working themselves to death (or at least exhaustion) to churn out the pages while I’ve been trolling the various businesses with which I’ve had dealings in the course of running BDB to get the best possible deal. The artists need payin’, after all, and Heathen City must be printed in color or not at all.

Presenting Heathen City to the world sets my heart a-flutter. It’s going to be hard to explain that, even though Heathen City borrows heavily from Maranatha, it’s a story all of its own.

One of the earliest decisions I had to make was to decide whether to make Heathen City a conclusion to Maranatha, a sequel or a retelling. I had to present a story that would thrill new readers, while also satisfying the readers of Maranatha, who’ve had to wait for years to find out how that story actually ended.

The solution?

Heathen City was written for people who haven’t read the ending of Maranatha.

Which, you know, is everybody. Since I never wrote it.

There’s more to tell, of course. Over the coming months this blog will be updated with introductions to the important players, some background information and obviously updates from the workfloor.

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