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Audiobook Release Links
🕑 Added 2025-11-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTCTime for the big audiobook announcement - you can preorder it here:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Depthless-Hunger-Audiobook/B0FX64WVSR
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXVCN78K
If you like Depthless Hunger and want to see it continue, please support the release. Grab a copy, leave reviews, and/or read on Kindle Unlimited. But there will be more about that later, as some of you may have noticed that the relaunch is under a different name.
So... hi, I'm Sarah Lin. ^-^ I write most of my books under my name, but I started this Cognosticon pen name as an experiment in different branding. That experiment is over now, so there are other books by me that may interesting... or may not. Some things about my work are similar, but I used different names for a reason.
Here are some differences between my work as Sarah Lin and as Cognosticon:
With Depthless Hunger, I was trying to fuse familiar elements (like cultivation and LitRPG) into a "standard model of power" that would do something interesting. In my other stories, I generally try to come up with less conventional systems. If you like the system-building in DH, you may like the architecture-based magic system in The Weirkey Chronicles.
If you think Depthless Hunger is too slow, in general or in power development, you probably won't like my other work. Most of my Sarah Lin series have a larger focus on character development and worldbuilding. Similarly, DH is more action-heavy than most of my other works.
Depthless Hunger is mostly tightly focused on Kai, whereas some of my other works are more multi-POV.
If that's of interest to you, check out my other works. If not, DH will be continuing here according to the usual schedule, to the end of the fifth book and overall saga at minimum. Support the new release if you feel led, but otherwise, thanks for reading.
Comments
Cognosticon
I'm glad that you and some others have been enthusiastic about the story, but I feel like it has been overall rejected by the progression fantasy audience. If the audiobook doesn't do well, Audible will absolutely not renew the contract, so that would kill future audiobooks. I negotiated to get all five books in the contract, and I have pushed hard to reach this arc, which will wrap up the story overall. In theory the story could continue beyond, but this is the most satisfying conclusion I can promise delivering.
Jacob trent
Quick question I remember at some points you said you didn't know if this book would continue on some posts was that just losing motivation for the pen name experiment or part of it?
Cognosticon
I'm afraid I don't have any particular secrets to offer, outside of general stuff to put more time into it. All I can say is that I'm very committed to writing as a career and I want to make it work.
Cognosticon
Many thanks!
Traellium
I'm more curious how you are able to write so much, so fast? What is it, something like 500+ chapters in 3 years. And yes I will pre-order.
kyle
Pre ordered!
