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I’m flitting about on Substack like a 1-man-band trying to read comments,posts & contibute. However when I read a chapter from your novel I’m always totally immersed & pretty impressed. Bravo 🙌

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Ah, thanks, Posy! Very kind. It can be a challenge when there's so much of interest to read around these parts. :)

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Yes indeed but a challenge I’m enjoying 🤠

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As you said, it's nice to see Lola get to whip out her training again. While she's the viewpoint character, I'm willing to bet her cool analysis of a truly grisly site/sight (both work) was impressive to Krystyan. She just showed she's more than an ignorant Mid-Earther in over her head as Daryla's plaything.

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At least Clarke, Holland, Kaminski and Chakraborty had each other to a degree, even if they chose to go off and do their own things for five years. Not that Holland wants or needs anyone (or so he’d claim, at least).

Lola has been entirely on her own for a long while, with no possibility of linking up with her own colleagues. She’s found new friends, sure, and had an established connection with Daryla, but it’s all a bit fraught. There’s no history there, which can leave someone feeling quite unmoored.

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