Hello. Here's some quick info to fill a few gaps and get you going.

I'll be posting a glossary and two other original maps soon. I also want the reader to know that Percival Lowell was a real astronomer, and his quotes that begin each chapter are mostly his own thoughts. I've bastardized and reworked his writings for my own purposes. His original prose is 19th century dense verbose bullshit. The observatory center above the town bearing his namesake becomes an unlikely focal point in our story.

I'm also publishing some short stories and other ideas in my other section of work here on RR. Some of this will be incorporated into Nova, but most are just random shorts for your pleasure.

I'm desperately seeking some feedback and reviews. My ego is churning hard, and I believe this could be an important novel once it's finished and printed. Yeah I know. Everyone says that.

But if you didn't catch the synopsis, here it is in new form.

The Back Cover

The town and much of the nation are in disarray in 2063. The five families have created a blockchain based water distribution system for the local residents. Everyone must be secretly registered to get their weekly ration code. This secret is hidden from the Global Water Commission and their network of mercenaries and contractors. In the mid-2040's, after the state secession of Idaho, Montana, and Texas, the Global Water Commissioners made their deals and moved into towns throughout the country, along with their network of contractors.

They called it "the integration." The GWC contractors integrated with municipal water departments across the country, using their organized network to invade like parasites on local services. It all coincided with the 29th Amendment to the United States Constitution (which quickly led to the 30th and 31st.) This set of constitutional changes became referred to as the Regional Trident Plan.

Nova is a story about survival, power structures, the turning of relationships, and the networking between people and the systems to which they belong. It’s about A.I. blockchain possibility, and its potential for human betterment versus our detriment. It’s about the question of whether or not we need to be saved from ourselves, and by who or what? The Great Event at the end of the first chapter might just be what actually saves us.

The epilogue will take place in 2517. This scene is fully sketched and the full arc of the novel is set. I expect to finish Nova Interitus by summer of 2023.