Towerbound: Book 7.1 : Final Stories
(2026)(Book 7.1 in the Towerbound series)
A collection of stories by Samson Chui
Usually when I release side quest novels, I always tell people the same thing: you don’t absolutely need to read them. They’re mostly there for atmosphere, world building, side characters, and all the weird little details that make Towerbound feel alive.
This one is different.
I genuinely think Book 7.1 adds a huge amount to Book 8.
There’s over 20,000 words of world building, side stories, politics, refugee systems, MegaPatch expansion, district reactions, and all the background events happening before the finale kicks into full speed.
A lot of the things you see in Book 8 will suddenly make way more sense after reading this.
Otherwise you may hit moments where you go:
Wait, when did that happen?
What is this?
Why is the world suddenly like this?
And the answer is:
because it happened here. Book 7.1
I designed it this way intentionally.
One of the biggest pieces of feedback I’ve gotten over the years is:too many POVs, too much wandering, too much side content.
And honestly?
I get it.
I really do.
If all you care about is Ren and the direct main storyline, then some of the slower world-expansion moments can feel like they interrupt momentum.
I never wanted Towerbound to become one of those endlessly bloated series where the narrative forgets to move forward.
That’s why Book 8 is extremely focused, fast, and streamlined.
A lot of the ‘breathing room’ got moved here into 7.1 instead.
So now Book 8 can sprint toward the finale while this side novel handles all the atmosphere, politics, systems, character moments, and world changes happening around it.
The recommended reading order is still:
Read Book 6.
Then the side quest material after it.
Read Book 7.
Then read Book 7.1 and the side content before starting Book 8.
Because Book 8 is the finale.
I worked really hard trimming anything that slowed down the main momentum there. A lot of the world details are implied instead of deeply explained.
You can absolutely infer what’s happening.
But honestly…
why infer it when you can read the cool stuff directly here?
If you skip it, that’s totally fine.
But yeah.
You’ll definitely miss some things.
Samson 🐀🧀🧪
Genre: Science Fiction
This one is different.
I genuinely think Book 7.1 adds a huge amount to Book 8.
There’s over 20,000 words of world building, side stories, politics, refugee systems, MegaPatch expansion, district reactions, and all the background events happening before the finale kicks into full speed.
A lot of the things you see in Book 8 will suddenly make way more sense after reading this.
Otherwise you may hit moments where you go:
Wait, when did that happen?
What is this?
Why is the world suddenly like this?
And the answer is:
because it happened here. Book 7.1
I designed it this way intentionally.
One of the biggest pieces of feedback I’ve gotten over the years is:too many POVs, too much wandering, too much side content.
And honestly?
I get it.
I really do.
If all you care about is Ren and the direct main storyline, then some of the slower world-expansion moments can feel like they interrupt momentum.
I never wanted Towerbound to become one of those endlessly bloated series where the narrative forgets to move forward.
That’s why Book 8 is extremely focused, fast, and streamlined.
A lot of the ‘breathing room’ got moved here into 7.1 instead.
So now Book 8 can sprint toward the finale while this side novel handles all the atmosphere, politics, systems, character moments, and world changes happening around it.
The recommended reading order is still:
Read Book 6.
Then the side quest material after it.
Read Book 7.
Then read Book 7.1 and the side content before starting Book 8.
Because Book 8 is the finale.
I worked really hard trimming anything that slowed down the main momentum there. A lot of the world details are implied instead of deeply explained.
You can absolutely infer what’s happening.
But honestly…
why infer it when you can read the cool stuff directly here?
If you skip it, that’s totally fine.
But yeah.
You’ll definitely miss some things.
Samson 🐀🧀🧪
Genre: Science Fiction