Topher Lydon

Tomorrow: The Glass Jaw Admiral Carter is forced into battle.

Morning all you pretty boys!

Chapter 25: The Fairy Tale Offensive Location: The Spirit of Detroit (Campaign Plane), En Route to Orlando, FL. Time: 14:00 EST. Status: The Pivot. The conference cabin of the campaign plane had become a digital den of chaos. On the left monitor, a Fox News pundit—a man with a face perpetually clenched as if smelling something foul—was mid-rant. The chyron beneath him screamed: FAMILY VALUES UNDER FIRE: CARTER’S “MODERN FAMILY” A DIRECT ASSAULT ON TRADITION. On the right mon

I think Peter was in a bit of shock by that point.

You know that means you can't eat the donuts, or the pizza in Merrickville

well he is still available and he does *deliver*

they are ALL numbered within the world/series. The order is built into GA, if you go to the stories page, look next to the title, you should see it.

ok so here is Tarquin 1.0 and Axl 1.0 you will soon see why I changed tracks :

so what you guys don't know is that Axl was originally going to be who I paired Finn up with, before I thought Oliver, and then Orel kind of grabbed my hand and dragged me, willingly, down the path of the story we have. Trying to pair Finn up was... HARD there are like, seven drafts of this. here is Tarquin from the third draft of the story:

A subject for a much younger Andrew to investigate when he goes after the Northern Cross, Alistair Merrick, and the Montreal Pipeline. I haven't forgotten her, I just haven't developed her beyond knowing she's key to that plotline. I must admit I quite enjoyed writing Echo, it's fascinating to see a character I have written about for so long (over twenty years) have an origin point. Sorry I have enjoyed my day off today... getting warm again after getting drenched in Warwick (not as fun as it sounds) so I am enjoying hanging in the comments section, doing ma thang.

ok here's a bigger image, you lot are getting a sneaky peek so shhhh:

Axl is one of them, you'll have to figure out and read to discover the object of his attention.

I want to ask, but I think I'm just going to base Axl off of him.

So the next Merrickville book is :

Man I love New Oreleans....

Well Kenny's already found that the documents surrounding the sale were forged, Orel did not sign them. Tarquin is in for a LOT of trouble when that comes out. Now just to get it to the right people... hmmmmmmm.... :: insert Heist music ::

baby Billy... oh dear.

And we are never going to mention that there are three different Jason Jensens in the series, in three different settings, of three different ages... shhhhhhhh totally a common name. Don't know what you mean

Note again, sometimes in the text I make mistakes... ages, eye colours... who's uncle to who... sorry for the confusion, I do try to keep it all straight, but this is a 20 year old book series with upwards of a million plus words... and I am old.... did I mention old? So Doc's right, I try to post clean ups that are for my sanity.

Good catch, typo on my part. There were a couple of slip ups in this chapter, Doc Got one really quick which makes him awesome. I write fast, too fast at times, and I miss things. (I have no beta reader for this one, so thus my errors, totally me rushing this one out, sorry)

There is a follow up book, dealing with the mess Tarquin has left in his wake. But I assure you, Tarquin gets his in this book. There is a lot of damage he has done. However the next book in the Merrickville stories focuses on Lydia, Axl, Orel and Finn as they work to unscrew the town. And Axl finds the new dude in town to be fascinating... Go Axl, Pizza boys deserve love too! If you're really nice, I can post a scene from an early draft of the book that shows a different and very cathartic version of Tarquin.

i try to avoid exactly specifying... but it's been ten years... so yes they were VERY young, and Tarquin is easily ten to fifteen years older. He was no child when he did this. *IF* Walter, Clovis, or even Jenny-Lynn find out for certain... well read Echo, you'll find out what happens to monsters.

Andrew would kill him, there is a reason Walter says don't tell him. Andrew is... not someone who hesitates on it, not any more. Speaking of which, I finished Carter's Echo yesterday night. I now know what happened to Old man Jensen, and why Andrew is who he is. I will release that after this one, I think. It's.... worth it. i still intend to release Deed after Campaign is done, just to get a bit of something different out. I have three VERY dark books coming in 13 Hearts, Charlie's Been Stolen, and Right-Then... but I want to keep my mornings "Topher's Action adventure time" and keep the midday ones my more Merickville based stories... I have a neat Dieselpunk thing I want to release as well... plus there's Coyote 3, and Watcher's 3 to work on. (I'm mostly writing where the muse takes me lately, I will knuckle down, I am sure, but right now I am on a Merrickville kick and Dark Thriller kind of kick so my focus is there)

The older Generation know what Tarquin Merrick is, but it's for Finn and Orel to fight their battles. They'll step in if they must. I wanted to show the love in the Hickey-Grady family, and how Orel is just as much a part of that messy, chaotic and loving house. now I need to warm up, I am soaked to the skin. Brrrrr