Topher Lydon

Chapter Nine: Unstable Orbit Finn The town was a vise, tightening by the day. It wasn’t just small; it was sentient, a malicious entity that conspired to force collisions. Finn had turned evasion into a precise, exhausting science. He took the alley behind the post office. He bought gas at the pump furthest from the office. He timed his grocery runs for 9:47 PM, when the fluorescent lights hummed a dirge and the only other shoppers were ghosts like him, haunting the cereal aisle. Mis

It's fine to not read it my friend. If you like where it is, then enjoy the story your way Sequels are always a gamble.

I'll admit to being a bit cross-eyed this morning, getting Campaign ready for Tomorrow... gotta plaster over the plot holes... fix agency, fix the Ned-enrico sub-plot... Give Tommy his beats GO TOMMY. I will complete the revisions soon, need more coffee, and I think I am going to start laying down Watchers: Shattered Citadel next... I need a break from hard politics, and Alec Stoker is demanding to be let out of the box.

Well have you ever tried to keep two fourteen year-olds in the house? Not even Uncle Peter can manage that. I believe they steal Pastor Jensen's Volvo and merry adventures in chaos ensue. But yes they are with Will for most of the book. And I promise they don't wreck the Volvo... just... get into spectacular trouble when Peter does get his hands on them

TBH Will is Terrified of it. The King of the North persona is not at the forefront anymore, it's Will dealing with the fall out of his trauma of the last book, and coming to grips with what he had to do. And nothing scares Will more than becoming his father. Fortunately he's got Jacob and Tommy to remind him he is not a monster, doing what Uncle West asked them to do in the last book.

you stumped me there Fitz-something.... I want to say Fitzpatrick.... later it becomes Pastor Jason Jensen, but we're a ways away from our good baptist minister yet (and not being sarcastic there, Jensen is quite a deep character, just takes him a bit to get there first)

Tomorrow: "The question is not if he can win... The question is what will be left of the country, and of him, after he has to break it to pieces to put it back together." (Enrico, Chapter 23). They stole his country. Now he’s stealing their Presidency. Three years after the US annexed Canada, the "Northern Territory" is a resource colony under martial law. Governor Will Carter knows the military war is lost, so he opens a new front. Leveraging a loophole in the annexation treaty, Will launches a hostile takeover of the White House. Facing the tyrant who erased his homeland, Will must master the American political machine to dismantle it from the inside. But to save his people, he risks becoming the very thing he hates. Can he liberate Canada without becoming the Emperor of America?

Andrew, every time he bests the Major for Will, it feels right. That particular monster is not getting past the Black Knight guarding Will (though he's still a White knight at this point ) Our Dark Sovereign learning how to wield a sword. No matter what's to come, remember that Andrew and Will, no matter what. Trust them to sort it out.

Because Jared's simply terrible with relationships. Like a walking disaster for them, poor guy. Has a thing for one of the other core characters, but is burying that down deep and hidden.

He does. blurb for the sequel : A runaway criminal sidekick teams up with his missing boss's monstrous mentor—a sociopath with a taste for precision and an even bigger secret—in a chase across the UK. Riley Shaw, scrawny and scared, is used to being an afterthought. But when Kieran Varys, disappears in a haze of blood, the only person left looking for him is Kieran's terrifying, obsessive architect: a man named Ben. Now Riley must navigate a landscape of motorway services, posh houses, and monstrous authority, and figure out if he's bait, a witness, or something more terrifying—a student.

Who do you think paid for Sterling? We all know it wasn't Kier's Dad. Despite what was claimed. And as long as Ben is willing to sign a waiver against the conflict of interest, he can use his lawyer.

I am an obedient writer, sir.

I do solemnly swear to not touch the Publish button i will not look at it, I will not fiddle with it I will not try to set a publish later timer I will get my carcas up, out of bed, at the crack of dawn And publish it manually. Lest @drpaladin strike me down with vicious mockery!

Good morning. Told you that : The prize however, that's debatable

Chapter Twenty-One: The Exodus The morning sun that pierced the net curtains of Flat 4B was a liar. It promised clarity, a new day, but all it did was illuminate the ruin. It lit up every grease-smudge on the kitchen tiles Matty had missed, every dust mote swirling in the air he would have chased with a cloth, every hairline crack in the ceiling that mapped a territory of decay. The light was merciless. It showed the flat for what it was: not a kingdom, but a cage. A small, shabby, b

Even into his forties, he's still Will's Sprog

according to an article : ($40-90 million with inflation)

Not till they tear the pen from your cold dead hands. One author to another, even if it's a word a day, a sentence, anything. Do not give it up. My health failed me and I lost ten years. But I fought and got it back, and that is something I won't give up as long as I can. Retirement from active writing is fine, but don't give it up. I feel you, I hear you, I am just telling you, your gift is worth the fight. If you have to, I understand and support you, but if you can fight, do so.

Too true, but he gets there in the end. Even if it's in through the back window, after hours, with Tez giving him a boost. Now you might also be missing your stereo, but hey it was gone when Riley got there... honest guv.

Kier is afraid he will hurt Riley, as Lee pointed out. He's aggressive, and Riley is too important to him. It's a weird display of his form of care for Riley. Riley for his part is confused by it.

too late

Two men enter, one man leaves.