Mother looks at me, a twinge of amusement in her eyes as her antennae continue to hover threateningly. I swear she gets far more enjoyment than she should by whacking me on the head. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen her hit someone else, to be honest. It’s not fair! “Mother. It’s lovely to see you as always, I’m just …

Corun, Torrina and Granin all stare at me with glittering eyes after they reveal that it’s the Ancients who’ve stuck this hook in me rather than the Dungeon itself. At times like this I have to remind myself that despite their intelligence, these three are cultists who essentially worship a giant worm. [So in your opinion, the fact that the …

I’m not sure what anyone on the other side of the gate was expecting to see, but catching a glimpse of ‘the Eldest’ as I soar gracelessly through the air probably wasn’t it. After I hit the ground I roll several times, legs flailing wildly as I try to slow my momentum. Dammit Tiny! Was it really necessary to put …

I strain. I push. I fight with every fibre of muscle and every strand of brain matter to get my body to move forward! Nothing. As an experiment I try to move backwards and find no resistance, but once I move forward again, no dice. I’m frozen in place as long as I attempt to move forward. This is crazy! …

“They found WHAT?” Pulled aside by Sloan during a break in the fighting, she drops some heavy ordnance on me. “Tier eight demons,” she repeats grimly, “fighting in the deepest layers of the third stratum, right beneath the land claimed by the Colony.” Pants. This is the last thing we need right now. We’ve got these termites to deal with, …

Burke skulked with all her Skills working to the fullest, her stealth enhancing mutations humming as she slipped from shadow to shadow, creating patches of darkness where none existed and blending into the rock behind her as her carapace shifted and moulded itself to match the surface she stood on. She was on high alert, every one of her senses …

This period of history became known as the Great Expansion, the first of several large spans of aggressive land claims made by the Colony. What differentiated these from the manner of conquest utilised by the sapient races of Pangera was our unusual ‘top down’ approach. When the Colony claimed an area in the third stratum, they also seized the land …

Arranging a meeting between two cult members wasn’t easy, especially given the current conditions between the Colony and the Ka’armodo. Granin grumbled at a constant rate as he and his fellow triad members trekked across the dangerous terrain of the third stratum. It was a testament to how wild the land was in this layer of the Dungeon that even …

[I thank you for your cooperation.] [To you as well. I hope that your research is of some use to the Colony.] [I wish the same. If you wish to view our published work, you can find it in the pheromone library. There are copies in every major nest.] [Wonderful. I will read with interest.] Torrina placed her pen away …

There weren’t too many times in his centuries of life that Rassan’tep had truly feared for his life. He’d been outnumbered and surrounded during a wave defence in the fourth in just his fifth decade, barely out of the nest. Only the intervention of an Old One had saved him from the jaws of a ravening horde of Emerald Lizards. …