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This series, A Well-Lived Life 2, is the continuation of the story of Steve Adams told in AWLL 1. If you haven’t read that, you’ll have serious difficulty following the story. I strongly encourage you to read AWLL 1 and the first eight books in the AWLL 2 series before you begin this ninth book in that series. A third series, A Well-Lived Life 3, continues where this second series leaves off.

‘Good Medicine’ covers the life and times of Michael Loucks, and numerous characters from ‘A Well-Lived Life’ make cameo appearances. In addition, characters from ‘Good Medicine’ appear in ‘A Well-Lived Life’.

‘Climbing the Ladder’ covers the life and times of Jonathan Kane, and delves into the histories of the Spurgeon, Glass, and Lundgren families, as well as providing backstory for Tom Quinn, Dustin Brady, and others who appear in ‘A Well-Lived Life’.

An unrelated series, ‘A Roll of the Die’, is a High Fantasy series with knights, ladies, and magic.

Like the earlier books, there is a lot of dialogue and introspection. There is also a decent amount of sex, some of it explicit and juicy, and some of it agonizingly erotic in its simplicity.

Please note that this book will skip time. Watch the section headers and dates!

The author has won several prestigious Clitorides Awards for this work, including 2015 Best New Author, 2015 and 2017 Author of the Year, and the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. Several of the books were nominated for awards, including ‘AWLL 1 — Book 5 — Stephane’, which won in its category.

This second series contains ten books, totalling in excess of 4,200,000 words. As with AWLL 1, this series is dialogue-driven, but contains quite a bit of introspection as well. The characters operate in the real world of the 1970s through the current day, with historical events and people helping to drive the story forward.

There are many, many characters who appear throughout the story, and if you find it hard to keep track of them, you may find some assistance on our wiki: https://a-well-lived-life.net/

In addition, we operate a Discord server for discussions and updates: https://discord.gg/UE8tAG5

And finally, we have a mailing list for announcements about AWLL: https://mail.penguintopia.net/mailman/admin/awll

The mailing list is very low volume and should never contain spoilers, even if you are just starting out. The Discord server has channels where it is ‘safe’ to discuss the story without spoilers, but there is always a risk.

A special thanks to Steve Smith, my editor, who has done an incredibly fantastic job helping me bring these characters to life. Additionally, I would like to thank my proofreaders and the members of the MichaelLoucks Discord server, who read the pre-release chapters and help identify any remaining typos and errors.

If you desire to help support my writing, there is additional material available via Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/michaelloucks or Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelLoucks