A number of you have inquired, over the years, about whether or not I was going to continue 'Ring of Command'. The issue was always that RoC contained sexual relations between underage characters (the youngest was 12, I believe). I was not opposed to continuing the story, but I wasn't sure whether I could, considering the rule that sexual relations had to be age 14 and up. I asked Lazeez for some confirmation about how to proceed. He indicated that there was a 'grandfather' clause for stories posted in 2011 or prior... but RoC came after that. He had received no complaints about it and was happy to leave it up but...
I'm not stupid enough to think children have a 'certain age' where sex becomes 'okay'. As a father of a few daughters, I sincerely hope my children wait until they are ready at age 30 (or I die, whichever comes first), but I know that's unrealistic. If my kids were ready at age 12 to take that step, I'd like to think I'd be disappointed but supportive. I just thank God I never had to deal with that (all my kids are older now).
However, the law is the law - and I don't want to chance being locked up or causing trouble for Lazeez, so I've requested that RoC be removed. I have a copy of it locally and, when I have the time and inclination, I'll 'age adjust' certain characters to make this legally compliant to whatever laws are in place when I publish it.
I know this will be a blow to some of you - but it is the right thing to do.