[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder":3,"chapter-the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-chapter-81":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Mine Lord: A Dwarven Survival Base-Builder",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1215963,1592,"Thank You!","the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>Thanks so much for readingThe Mine Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pleasure to write it and I'm honored that so many have read it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had toyed with the idea of writing a retrospective or some kind of \"behind the scenes\" about my experience with the Mine Lord and NovelBin. I have decided to keep my comments fairly brief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was sitting in the attic of my old house in 2021 when the first dwarven prospector character, Naen fromThe Crippled King,came into my mind. At the time, I was working as an after hours on-call hospice nurse. When someone needed end-of-life care in the night, I was on call. Through the pandemic I not only cared for a high number of \"normal\" hospice patients, but I was also doing end-of-life care for Covid patients who were considered beyond life-saving measures--or didn't want them. I lived through the horror of those days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the remaining days of the pandemic and up to now, the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak have been my imaginary companions, as I have followed them through their struggles, victories, defeats, and even deaths. I didn't try to quantify the vast amounts of time I have spent in their imaginary world, but I know it is significant. I didn't know that the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak would take me so far and on so many adventures and even help me through the hard times. When I began, I didn't have a series in mind, but as I wrote, it grew. Now here we are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm thankful for my own Creator and my Lord (Jesus Christ), and for a patient, loving, and understanding wife. I'm also thankful for my loving kids (my daughter was convinced that I'm a famous author and I had to persuade her otherwise). I don't think I fully grasp just how much these make-believe dwarves have meant to me, but like Yorvig, my family is far more important than what I could build (or write) with my hands. My wife is a fan of Ice-Cloak, and she has read all the books in the series on paperback. Now thatThe Mine Lordis out on paperback, I hope she reads it and sees the dedication: \"For my priceless bride.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks for joining me on Yorvig's portion of the story of the dwarven folk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mine Lord\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>P.S. Ratings and reviews really do help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feel free to contact me via PM or come say hello on my author Discord channel: .gg\u002FJtJYdhmsVp\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maps are housed here: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.traemcmaken.com\u002Fthe-mine-lord-maps\u002F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mine Lord is a stand-alone story but is set in the same world as my four book seriesThe Dwarves of Ice-Cloak.For those interested in finding out more of the lore and history of the dwarves occasionally referenced in the Mine Lord, check out: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.NovelBin.com\u002Famazon\u002FB0BKH355TL\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paperbacks and Ebooks of the Mine Lord and Jackal of the Waste are also available through the above link (or click on the images below).\u003C\u002Fp>",503,"2026-06-03T14:30:47.714Z","2026-06-03T14:30:54.253Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef8e81896cfe8779aabe587401bc5129c9383963b98e7a2038695d69d858d6a2","the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-chapter-82","the-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-chapter-80",90,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-mine-lord-a-dwarven-survival-base-builder-cover.jpg"]