Yeah literally just finished writing that... it's... a few.... more than a few... it's a lot.... a lot of people... Andrew is a machine when he gets going. (remembers Andrew's breach submarine fight) yeah... he's worrying when he's immensely pissed.
Sooner or later Will needs to run into someone that doesn't underestimate the reedy, bespectacled history geek and see the warrior underneath
Of course you all know Andrew is sitting there smirking, having seen it all along.
One of Will's acts in the night scene with Lisa, was to open the National Armories and arm every Canadian that asked for it with military grade weaponry. This was the Churchill plan for England if it was occupied. Canada isn't done, not by a long shot.
Happy Christmas to each of you, one more little gift of Christmas spirit.
Tomorrow we go to a housing Estate in Manchester, in the 90's where
Georgie and Finn eek their own bit of joy from the concrete and dereliction of Blair's Britain.
THE FROST AND THE FIRE
Act I: The Particular Ghost
The fog invaded London. It was a “London particular” in its most vicious humour, a bruise-yellow soup that poured down the chimney pots of the Seven Dials, choked the gas lamps of the Strand, and muffled the cries of the costermongers until they sounded like ghosts wailing from the bottom of a well. It tasted of coal smoke, horse manure, and the brackish rot of the Thames, a flavour that Liam Carter knew as intimately as the scent of pow
In the bruise-yellow fog of Victorian London, two ruined men find an illegal warmth. Liam Carter, a shattered cavalry officer haunted by war and a broken marriage, saves Anders Highmore, an ethereal painter freezing in an alley. Forced together in a mildewed garret, their survival sparks a dangerous, deepening intimacy—a fire that could save them or see them hanged. A brutal, beautiful historical romance about finding light in London’s darkest corners.
One of my Beta readers just finished the epilogue of the book, which will be released on Christmas Eve:
Suddenly, everything makes sense. Will's surrender isn't defeat—it's the longest, coldest, most brilliant political gambit in history. He's not just playing chess; he's playing a different game entirely while the President is still counting pieces.
I am just imagining West looking at the American flag they want him to put on his uniform, and his reaction...
Biggest mistake the American's made, not realizing one very pissed off Husband/Uncle/Brother-in-law who doesn't give a damn about rules, and isn't afraid to shoot bad guys, is loose with a Madam Xue covering his back. Woe betide the first American through the door of 24 Sussex.
The best actors can make you boil with anger, seethe with it. So that when the actually do go, we cheer.
Andrew chapter tomorrow, and Enrico, up to no good, as only those two can.
Believe me, I held that match this morning... I have two other chapters written for 19 It could have easilly gone the other way. I think I have new grey hairs over it... but I decided to take the bolder play.
CHAPTER 19
Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 6:35 A.M. EST
WORLD END: T-minus 78 Days, 4 Hours, 25 Minutes
The Oval Office The White House, Washington D.C.
The President of the United States did not sit. He stood before the bulletproof window of the Oval Office, a stark silhouette against the pre-dawn darkness of the North Lawn. The room behind him was a tomb of tense silence, populated by the living statues of his war council. The air did not hum with debate; it was thic
You can tell when I've over written, my spelling and grammar go sideways LOL
doing major rewrites to the ending of Throne today has me cross eyed. Still working out which way I want to go with it... and I have 11 hours to figure it out... >.< might need to sleep on it.