I'm releasing Part 1 of Book III, despite some proofing errors, because it's been so long since Book II came out. It has been a big push to close some plot elements so that I can focus on the finale Part 2. Also, Book III will be about 1000 pages, so splitting the volume into two parts demarcated by the Battle of Innisfree made sense on a number of levels.
There are some typos and, in one scene, a bit of confusion as to which pirate is doing what to whom -- matters I will attend to forthwith as I get the entire book edited and proofed. Nevertheless, I thought it better to get the story out there to answer certain questions that have lingered through books I and II.
Book III sees the orphaned, grievously wounded, genovariant boy Henryk Burgred on ruined Innisfree, where he will finally be thrown in with the fallen-and-redeemed priest Hersey and other characters just as the Irredentist fascist regime gathers its forces to attack. Henryk, an unlikely hero, finds new allies and communes with a lonely planetary system intelligence in his fight to save a sad, abused world.
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