Available Darkness Season 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE

    For a while, I didn’t want to write the second season of Available Darkness .
    The first season was also our first book together, and when I re-read it, a few months after publication, I only saw what was wrong with the story. It was too clunky, the wording too awkward, and it wasn’t the story I started out wanting to tell. It had grown into this giant, epic, thing!
    You could tell it was our first book together.
    Hell, you can tell that Yesterday’s Gone: Season One is our second book (and first true serial) together, with some growing pains I’d like to go back and mend.
    But as time went by, and we found our legs as writers (something we’re still doing — I don’t think a writer is ever truly content with their words, always wanting to be able to tell a story better), I kept feeling a tug to return to the world of Available Darkness.
    It began last fall with revising the first book and fixing some of the problems, making it easier to follow, and turning it into a true serial, to match our other works in delivery.
    While revising the first book, which we re-released in late 2012, I rediscovered so much that I loved about the story — namely the characters of John, Hope, Larry, and Abigail.
    Abigail wasn’t even in the original concepts I had for a story. But she’s found a way into our hearts, and I hope yours, too.
    As we were writing other stuff, I kept thinking more and more about Available Darkness, wanting to know what happens next? How does Abigail handle being a vampire? Will John ever reunite with his one true love, Hope? What happened after Jacob and Caleb went into the portal?
    Sure, the story had changed from the initial story I had in mind, and became a lot more intricate (or convoluted if you’re a critic), but I’m OK with that. You see, one thing I’ve learned as a writer over the past year and a half is to trust your characters — let them bring the story to you. Don’t try to force a square peg into a round hole.
    So for Season Two , Sean and I met for story meetings, and talked about plot lines we’d discussed during the first season, what we wanted, what we didn’t want, and so on. But in the end, when it came to actually writing, I just asked the characters to tell me, what’s next?
    And this is what they told me.

    As always, thank you for reading,
    David Wright & Sean Platt

PREVIOUSLY…

    Note: A lot happened in Available Darkness: Season One . A lot! This is by no means a complete summary, and serves only as a reminder to bring Season One readers up to speed.
    If you’ve not yet read Season One , you can read below and probably catch on easily enough to enjoy Season Two . However, you’ll be ruining a lot of the mystery and surprises which made Season One so much fun. We would highly suggest that you start your Available Darkness journey with Season One .

    Links to Available Darkness: Season One .

    US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YWLV94/
    UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009YWLV94/

    Your last warning… lots of Season One spoilers to follow.

    PREVIOUSLY ON AVAILABLE DARKNESS…
    Thousands of years ago, Earth was once connected to a world called Otherworld, a place of great technology and magick. During a civil war waged by the technologically advanced North upon the South, several people came to Earth via portals, looking to start anew. They called themselves Pioneers.
    However, when their magick threatened to corrupt the natural development of the human race, a rift soon divided the group, with the self-appointed Guardians making it their goal to protect humanity from the influence of either magick or technology.
    The Guardians destroyed the portals home and waged war on the other group, the Harbingers, who aimed to influence humans with their knowledge, and to reunite the worlds.
    A truce was formed with the Guardians agreeing to let the Harbingers live peacefully, so long as they didn’t attempt to interfere with humanity’s development. The Guardians soon infiltrated the highest rankings of government, where they’ve been a mainstay for many years, with varying degrees of assistance when deemed necessary, but maintaining their secrecy outside of very close ranks.

BROTHERS DIVIDED
    Around 30 years ago, a new portal appeared, very briefly, carrying over a woman and two children. The woman was fleeing Otherworld, and her husband, king of the Valkoer, people infected by an alien race of parasites which live within them. The parasites turn