Dark & Zarus: An Epic Fantasy Adventure Novel

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Lauren Cipollo
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A brand-new book from #1 Amazon-bestselling authors Lauren Cipollo & Matt Conant
Backers: 58
Average Daily Pledges: $91
Average Pledge Per Backer: $38

Funding: $2,184 of $800
Dates: Feb 10th -> Mar 12th (30 days)
Project By: Lauren Cipollo
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Latest News

Stretch Goal #2 ACHIEVED! BONUS audio excerpt!

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
You all came through! A map of Thair will be added to the book! I'm so excited and will get started on this IMMEDIATELY. Stretch Goal #3 is new character art! Khargaran, Burning Star's Guildmaster wants YOU to join Reku's army! If we hit our next... (Read More)

BONUS Behind-the-Scenes Video: Book Cover Design

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello friends and followers! We're in that "middle section" every Kickstarter campaign seems to have, so the pace has slowed a little. That said, we're NEARLY at our stretch goal to bring you an illustrated Map of the Realm in the front of this book,... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #2 in our sights!

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all! We're chugging along at a good pace and well within sights of our second stretch goal: a map of the Kingdom of Thair! I'm itchin' to illustrate more D&Z art, so let's keep the momentum up and make it a reality! Since we've attracted the... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 ACHIEVED (with bonus book excerpt!)

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW! Already hitting stretch goals! We're thrilled to announce that everyone who backs at the $8 or higher level with be included in the book as a Follower of Reku! Reku is the phoenix god that protects the Kingdom of Thair from the Frayed, an army... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 Revealed!

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Announcing our first stretch goal! Before we did anything else, we want to be able to thank YOU, everybody who helped make this book happen. So our first stretch goal is to add an acknowledgements page to the book, in world, where we give everybody a... (Read More)

FUNDED!!!

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, Matt and I are SO thankful to everyone who backed this campaign! We did not expect to hit our goal in the first day, much less in the first 5 hours! 🥹 We're thrilled that you're as excited about our fantasy story as we are!  What now? Matt... (Read More)

We Launch Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10th!

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We're finally ready!Tomorrow is the day for Dark & Zarus, friends... the culmination of years of work and the creation of our first and favorite fantasy kingdom from the ground up. Our story is written, our campaign pages are fleshed out, we... (Read More)

Incredible! 50 Followers! You've all earned some backstory...

February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much! We're humbled to have so many people following this campaign and getting hyped for this book. We're waiting on a couple of final assets for the campaign, mostly some cool behind-the-scenes updates to run once we're rolling, and... (Read More)

Thanks for Being Here!

January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has followed so far! Once we reach 50 followers, we'll make another update with some behind the scenes of the world of Dark & Zarus and a little peek at our writing process. We're putting together a landing page video.... (Read More)

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