Obligatory Disclaimer:

This is a deeply flawed draft. 

I’ve attempted this novel twice thrice quadrice.  Both previous drafts have been terrible.

This third draft is the result of me drastically rethinking the entire project in a desperate attempt to salvage something into which I’ve already sunk like 8 years.

Please do not come into this expecting anything polished. 

I’m literally paying my webhost to plaster my verbal vomit on the Internet because I’m just kinda tired of working on this in pure solitude.