{"id":20,"date":"2026-06-25T20:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:28:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20\" class=\"elementor elementor-20\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f28b15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f28b15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Midnight_wind-A-1.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7291266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7291266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ordinary People. Impossible Pressure. The Truth Always Comes Out.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3bd08f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3bd08f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-babc400 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"babc400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thomas Darkoak writes stories about identity under fire \u2014 a beaten-down orphan who discovers he\u2019s the last of an ancient bloodline, an elite operative who discovers she was never told the truth about her own making. Start in the Scottish Highlands with <em>Werewolves of Scotland<\/em>, or in the shadows of a cyberpunk underworld with <em>Fracture Point<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51fa5b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51fa5b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf1889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cf1889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Werewolves-Scotland-Thomas-Darkoak\/dp\/B0DSJGBMJS\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GMOrVKIV54v24T0yheT_nmO0q0-ozTW4clI4Y9NOgNIxvJ4wA8mIS-0mh_OGV2cy_q25OABeeyx5bcgSLuM6oKfzybozkeOkc7CEAkVK-h7EyveWzziT9S_cJ-sGoRRakSD9XUGwvzKjDZxC7UMryn7B6xYkB-to_btYrkvm40LN0MOAX4qnyqz_f3bNPQIGGROMdWFgtHI_OZn1akpeNcnWbCpd54xw6K1Vvxxai2I.X_TkVFcu_cPR35tee4zAcDT12ddO51ZCo14sUqhJ4ls&#038;qid=1786583042&#038;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008832-e1782430770234.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-73\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf5944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3bf5944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/index.php\/books\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008833-e1782430792591.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-72\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6882631 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6882631\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f74c05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f74c05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3280b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3280b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Author <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e24a92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e24a92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Twenty Years Building Worlds. Two Very Different Ones Worth Telling.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f2bd3d elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f2bd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before Thomas Darkoak wrote a single chapter, he spent two decades as a gamemaster \u2014 running Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Shadowrun, and GURPS tables and building whole worlds that had to hold up under a room full of players trying to break them. That instinct shows up in both of his novels: a Highland fantasy saga and a cyberpunk espionage thriller, worlds apart in setting but built from the same obsession \u2014 ordinary people discovering exactly how strong they are once the pressure is real.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d42020 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d42020\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9360353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9360353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8977d1cc-0f5a-411d-a438-f7f5e913be79-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8977d1cc-0f5a-411d-a438-f7f5e913be79-1-1.png 470w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8977d1cc-0f5a-411d-a438-f7f5e913be79-1-1-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6475363 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6475363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157f8b0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"157f8b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He lives in Connecticut, usually kilted, drumming with Mystic Pipes and Drums, or hand-binding his next draft himself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce52f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce52f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/index.php\/about-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008833-e1782430792591.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-72\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95955c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95955c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8397522 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8397522\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a7b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3a7b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Book <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00bca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c00bca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Clan History Forgot. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Book <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66fdd02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66fdd02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fracture Point <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d067e2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d067e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B0FTWYP2JL\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"c98agw-1x6gvb-jvgpcb-xskn8v\"><div class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\"><div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"><p>Nova Kael was built, not born: a product of ruthless experimentation, shaped by the shadow group known as Cross and Hammer into an elite operative who executes missions with machine-like precision. But fragments of memory keep resurfacing, and every one she recovers asks the same question: is she a person choosing her own path, or a weapon still following someone else\u2019s orders?<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6439b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6439b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b3ab5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05b3ab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fracture-Point-Thomas-Darkoak-ebook\/dp\/B0FT75TPXL\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008835-e1782434162123.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-88\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629ac60 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"629ac60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fracture-Point-Thomas-Darkoak\/dp\/B0FTRZZX5Y\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008837-e1782434182278.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30541ef elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30541ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fracture-Point-Thomas-Darkoak\/dp\/B0FTWYP2JL\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-1000008831-3-e1782761902737.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-224\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26cb3bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26cb3bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af65448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af65448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rm442-01-04-g-mockup-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rm442-01-04-g-mockup-1.png 782w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rm442-01-04-g-mockup-1-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rm442-01-04-g-mockup-1-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30132 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c30132\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9d6b48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9d6b48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ce255 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85ce255\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blogs &amp; Insights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cda058 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cda058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Author\u2019s Desk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e373e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08e373e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Highland history, cyberpunk world-building, the mechanics of craft, and the true stories tucked inside <em>Werewolves of Scotland<\/em> and <em>Fracture Point<\/em> \u2014 straight from the author, no filter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b05a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73b05a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc80301 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc80301\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2964f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2964f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_870x_6a8cb54f252a9.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-365\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_870x_6a8cb54f252a9.webp 870w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_870x_6a8cb54f252a9-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image_870x_6a8cb54f252a9-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9640ec5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9640ec5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"blog-box\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c808ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c808ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Werewolf Story That Does Not Treat the Wolf Like a Gimmick<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009914c elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"009914c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWerewolves are easy to get wrong. Too often, the wolf becomes a shortcut for rage, violence, or shock. The creature appears, the story turns bloody, and the deeper meaning gets lost.\u00a0<em>Werewolves of Scotland<\/em> takes a more interesting road&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd4d1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfd4d1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/joripress.com\/a-werewolf-story-that-does-not-treat-the-wolf-like-a-gimmick\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1000008633-e1787850779354.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-367\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1211e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c1211e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7da0bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7da0bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1_-sL3Y1KLzPWUn5cb4U6NMA.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-370\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1_-sL3Y1KLzPWUn5cb4U6NMA.webp 720w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1_-sL3Y1KLzPWUn5cb4U6NMA-300x150.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1538ee1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1538ee1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"blog-box\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-281b7e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"281b7e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Uilleam MacFarlane Makes This Fantasy Worth Reading<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a086b4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a086b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA fantasy novel can have maps, legends, battles, and ancient magic, but if the hero feels hollow, the whole thing collapses. This is one of the most interesting aspects of Werewolves of Scotland. The hero, Uilleam MacFarlane, does not feel hollow&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e8433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9e8433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@sourcing_92460\/why-uilleam-macfarlane-makes-this-fantasy-worth-reading-fe8103f27ae4\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Group-1000008633-e1787850779354.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-367\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e940d09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e940d09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d66887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d66887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image1787606061.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image1787606061.png 660w, https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image1787606061-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eabeed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5eabeed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"blog-box\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c59944 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c59944\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Scottish Highlands Are the Soul of Werewolves of Scotland<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de3776 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1de3776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA fantasy world does not become memorable because it is large. It becomes memorable because it feels lived in.\n\nThat is one of the great strengths of Thomas Darkoak\u2019s Werewolves of Scotland. 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