Hello listeners and welcome to season seven of Underwood and Flinch. As you know, this is an ongoing

podcast over at Patreon where I write and podcast a new chapter every month. So it's a work in

progress, you know, rather than a finished work that I podcast when I've, you know,

completed the whole writing process of each novel.

And so with this particular part of the saga, what we're now calling season seven,

over the course of writing and podcasting it, it underwent a couple of name changes.

It even underwent being a couple of separate novels before finally ending up with

the single, all-encompassing title of Season 7, The Devil of Claverton, which for you is the good news.

All of my figuring out what to call it and what to actually include in it is over and done with.

And all you've got to do is just stay subscribed and listen to each episode as I release

them here in this feed.

But if you do become a patron at Patreon, just know that when you get there, you will hear

me call it by different names at different times as the work evolved.

It's a bit confusing, you know, if you don't know that in advance.

But you do, so we're all good.

Okay, so then, with that said, and out of the way, let's get straight into our story,

shall we?

Let's rewind.

Okay, so before we resume our story, shall we? Let's rewind. Okay, so before we resume our tale, let's have a quick recap of the big takeaways, if you like, from the last episode of Underwood and Flinch

underground. The master vampire was revealed to be none other than Henry Vellane,

Underwood's old pirate nemesis from way back when he was still human.

Valane was with Lydia, and he told Underwood that he would hold her

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